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Where does “þeir” come from?

þeir (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic þai, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

þeir (Old Norse): those; they

Definitions

  1. those; they

Ancestry of “þeir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþaithey; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa
2Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “þeir”

  • thee
  • theeself
  • de
  • dei
  • de
  • þe
  • thai
  • thei
  • de
  • des
  • te
  • dey
  • þy
  • thedom
  • thee
  • þei
  • þeirra
  • þeir
  • teir
  • thē
  • dier
  • they
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →