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

þas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic þes-

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

via Old English þes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþesthis
2Old Englishþēsthis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Germanic sa →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þes- →