Where does “þā” come from?

þā (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic þai, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

þā (Old English): the, those; then, when; those

Definitions

  1. the, those; then, when; those

Ancestry of “þā”, step by step

þā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic þai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþaithey; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa
2Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Proto-Germanic þa-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþa-—

Words derived from “þā”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þai →