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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantóm—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “þam”

  • thin
  • thinner
  • thinly
  • ultrathin
  • thinnish
  • thinnet
  • superthin
  • semithin
  • microthin
  • overthin
  • thinny
  • thenness
  • nonthin
  • thenabout
  • Den Bosch
  • nanothin
  • quasithin
  • wherethan
  • dennoch
  • dann
  • denn
  • 'n
  • 天拿水
  • tinneri
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