Where does “diser” come from?
diser (Middle High German) comes from Old High German dese, from Proto-West Germanic *þes, from Proto-Germanic þat, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
Ancestry of “diser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | dese | this |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *þes | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *sa |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
Words derived from “diser”