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Where does “þess” come from?

þess (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic þas, from Proto-Indo-European *tósyo.

þess (Old Norse): masculine genitive singular of sá; neuter...

Definitions

  1. masculine genitive singular of sá; neuter...

Ancestry of “þess”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþas—
2Proto-Indo-European*tósyo—

Words derived from “þess”

  • dess
  • dessverre
  • dessverre
  • dessutan
  • dess
  • þess
  • diss
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