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
Ancestry of “thos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | tho | the |
| 2 | Old English | þā | the, those; then, when; those |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þai | they; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
Words derived from “thos”