Where does “þam” come from?

þam (Middle English) comes from Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim, from Proto-Germanic þaimaz, from Proto-Germanic sa, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

þam (Middle English): Alternative form of þem; Alternative form of þan

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of þem; Alternative form of þan

Ancestry of “þam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishþemThird-person plural accusative pronoun: them;...
2Old Norseþeimthem, those
3Proto-Germanicþaimaz—
4Proto-Germanicsathat
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Germanic sa →Every word from Proto-Germanic þaimaz →