Where does “þar” come from?
þar (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European tar-, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
þar (Proto-Germanic): there, in that place
Ancestry of “þar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | tar- | there |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |