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”

Every word from Old Norse þeirra →