Where does “do” come from?
do (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse þó, from Proto-Germanic þauh, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
do (Norwegian Nynorsk): form removed with the spelling reform of 2012;...
Definitions
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2012;...
Ancestry of “do”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | þó | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þauh | nevertheless, though |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |