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Where does “þem” come from?

þem (Middle English) comes from Old Norse þeim, from Proto-Germanic þaimaz, from Proto-Germanic sa, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

þem (Middle English): Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them;...

Definitions

  1. Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them;...

Ancestry of “þem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþeimthem, those
2Proto-Germanicþaimaz—
3Proto-Germanicsathat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “þem”

  • themness
  • 'um
  • them
  • þam
  • den
  • dem
  • them
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →