Where does “derfor” come from?
derfor (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk der, from Old Norse þar, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚨᚱ, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar-, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
derfor (Norwegian Nynorsk): therefore
Ancestry of “derfor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | der | there |
| 2 | Old Norse | þar | there, in that place |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᚦᚨᚱ | there |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þar | there, in that place |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tar- | there |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |