Where does “þai” come from?
þai (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
þai (Proto-Germanic): they; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa
Definitions
- they; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa
Ancestry of “þai”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |