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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

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

Words derived from “þā”

  • thus
  • thou
  • tho
  • thusly
  • thusness
  • thuswise
  • those're
  • thouest
  • thous
  • those've
  • thos
  • tho
  • tha
  • tu
  • those
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