Where does “þó” come from?

þó (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic þauh, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

þó (Old Norse): nevertheless, still, yet

Definitions

  1. nevertheless, still, yet

Ancestry of “þó”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþauhnevertheless, though
2Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
3Proto-Germanic-hwe—
4Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “þó”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic þauh →