Where does “þar” come from?

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

þar (Old English): there, in that place

Definitions

  1. there, in that place

Ancestry of “þar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþarthere, in that place
2Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
3Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tar- →