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Where does “þa” come from?

þa (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

Ancestry of “þa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
2Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “þa”

  • thee
  • theeself
  • þe
  • þy
  • thedom
  • des
  • de
  • te
  • thee
  • þe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →