Where does “thos” come from?

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

thos (Middle English): those

Definitions

  1. those

Ancestry of “thos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishthothe
2Old Englishþāthe, those; then, when; those
3Proto-Germanicþaithey; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa
4Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “thos”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →