Where does “þo” come from?

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

þo (Old Swedish): nevertheless, still, yet

Definitions

  1. nevertheless, still, yet

Ancestry of “þo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþónevertheless, still, yet
2Proto-Germanicþauhnevertheless, though
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic þauh →