Where does “thar” come from?

thar (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic þār, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar-, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

thar (Old Saxon): there

Definitions

  1. there

Ancestry of “thar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþārthere
2Proto-Germanicþarthere, in that place
3Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
4Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tar- →