Where does “því” come from?

því (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse því, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

því (Icelandic): because, for, since; dative singular of það;...

Definitions

  1. because, for, since; dative singular of það;...

Ancestry of “því”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþvídative singular of þat; therefore, for that...
2Proto-Germanic*sa—
3Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
4Proto-Oceanic*isa—

Words derived from “því”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Germanic *sa →