Etymology Explorer
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Where does “þam” come from?
þam (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
Ancestry of “þam”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-European
tóm
—
2
Proto-Indo-European
só
this; that
Words derived from “þam”
than
Than
ethanol
Kenyan
Eritrean
ethane
ethanolamine
bioethanol
mercaptoethanol
phosphatidylethanolamine
trichloroethane
ethanolic
ethanoic
triethanolamine
phenoxyethanol
dibromoethane
phosphoethanolamine
chloroethane
ethanologenic
monoethanolamine
ethanoyl
bromoethane
nitroethane
iodoethane
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tóm →