Where does “dess” come from?

dess (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse þess, from Proto-Germanic þas, from Proto-Indo-European *tósyo.

dess (Norwegian Bokmål): the, when used with two comparatives

Definitions

  1. the, when used with two comparatives

Ancestry of “dess”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþessmasculine genitive singular of sá; neuter...
2Proto-Germanicþas—
3Proto-Indo-European*tósyo—

Words derived from “dess”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tósyo →Every word from Proto-Germanic þas →Every word from Old Norse þess →