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Where does “þas” come from?

þas (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic þes-, from Proto-Germanic sa, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

þas (Old English): inflection of þes: ## accusative feminine...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “þas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþes-—
2Proto-Germanicsathat
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “þas”

  • dese
  • thisness
  • these're
  • these've
  • þes
  • this
  • þis
  • dispela
  • disi
  • dis
  • this
  • these
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →