Where does “dem” come from?

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

dem (Nigerian Pidgin): them, they

Definitions

  1. them, they

Ancestry of “dem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthemThose ones; Him, her, or it; that one; Those
2Middle EnglishþemThird-person plural accusative pronoun: them;...
3Old Norseþeimthem, those
4Proto-Germanicþaimaz—
5Proto-Germanicsathat
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Germanic sa →Every word from Proto-Germanic þaimaz →