Where does “tho” come from?

tho (Middle English) comes from Old English þā, from Proto-Germanic þai, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

tho (Middle English): the

Definitions

  1. the

Ancestry of “tho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþāthe, those; then, when; those
2Proto-Germanicþaithey; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa
3Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “tho”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þai →