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Where does “thoh” come from?

thoh (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic þauh, from Proto-Germanic þauh, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

Ancestry of “thoh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþauhnevertheless, though
2Proto-Germanicþauhnevertheless, though
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “thoh”

  • doch
  • toch
  • doch
  • toch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →