Where does “þei” come from?
þei (Middle English) comes from Old Norse þeir, from Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ.
þei (Middle English): Third-person plural pronoun: they; Third-person...
Definitions
- Third-person plural pronoun: they; Third-person...
Ancestry of “þei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | þeir | those; they |
| 2 | Proto-Norse | *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ | — |