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Where does “þeires” come from?

þeires (Middle English) comes from Middle English -es, from Old English -es, from Proto-Germanic -as, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

þeires (Middle English): Third-person plural genitive pronoun: theirs

Definitions

  1. Third-person plural genitive pronoun: theirs

Ancestry of “þeires”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-esAlternative form of -yssh; Alternative form of...
2Old English-espossessive marker, indicating that an object...
3Proto-Germanic-as—
4Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
5Proto-Indo-European-ess—
6Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “þeires”

  • theirs
  • theires
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