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Where does “þeir” come from?

þeir (Middle English) comes from Old Norse þeirra.

þeir (Middle English): Third-person plural possessive determiner: their

Definitions

  1. Third-person plural possessive determiner: their

Ancestry of “þeir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþeirra—

Words derived from “þeir”

  • der
  • thereby
  • therein
  • theirs
  • thereon
  • therefrom
  • therefor
  • thereabouts
  • thereunto
  • thereat
  • thereabout
  • therewithal
  • thereinto
  • thereness
  • thereanent
  • thereinbefore
  • therethrough
  • therewithin
  • the'e
  • therebetween
  • therebefore
  • therearound
  • thereamong
  • therebeside
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