Where does “þa” come from?

þa (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic þō, from Proto-Germanic sa, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

þa (Old English): inflection of se: ## accusative feminine...

Definitions

  1. inflection of se: ## accusative feminine...

Ancestry of “þa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþōthey, those
2Proto-Germanicsathat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Germanic saEvery word from Proto-Germanic þō
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