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

Definitions

  1. there, in that place

Ancestry of “þar”, step by step

þar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European tar-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
2Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Proto-Germanic sa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsathat

Words derived from “þar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tar- →