Where does “þærof” come from?

þærof (Old English) comes from Old English þǣr, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar-, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

þærof (Old English): thereof

Definitions

  1. thereof

Ancestry of “þærof”, step by step

þærof traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English þǣr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþǣrthere
2Proto-Germanicþarthere, in that place
3Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
4Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Old English of

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishofof, from, off, out of
2Old Englishæfof
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tar- →