Where does “tons” come from?

tons (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

Ancestry of “tons”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
2Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tód →
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