Where does “þei” come from?

þei (Middle English) comes from Old Norse þeir, from Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ — they, those.

þei (Middle English): Third-person plural pronoun: they; Third-person...

Definitions

  1. Third-person plural pronoun: they; Third-person...

Ancestry of “þei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþeirthose; they
2Proto-Norse*ᚦᚨᛁᛉthey, those

Words derived from “þei”

Every word from Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ →Every word from Old Norse þeir →