Where does “þau” come from?

þau (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic þō, from Proto-Germanic sa, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

þau (Old Norse): they, them; those

Definitions

  1. they, them; those

Ancestry of “þau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþōthey, those
2Proto-Germanicsathat
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Germanic sa →Every word from Proto-Germanic þō →