Where does “þonne” come from?

þonne (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic þannā, from Proto-Germanic þan, from Proto-Germanic þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

þonne (Old English): then, at that time; then, soon afterward; then,...

Definitions

  1. then, at that time; then, soon afterward; then,...

Ancestry of “þonne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþannā
2Proto-Germanicþanthen, at that time
3Proto-Germanicþam
4Proto-Indo-Europeantóm
5Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that

Words derived from “þonne

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Indo-European tómEvery word from Proto-Germanic þam