Where does “då” come from?

då (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish þa, from Old Norse þá, from Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic þan, from Proto-Germanic þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

då (Swedish): then; at that time; then; in that case; what...

Definitions

  1. then; at that time; then; in that case; what...

Ancestry of “då”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishþa—
2Old Norseþáthen, at that time; that; those
3Germanic*þan—
4Proto-Germanicþanthen, at that time
5Proto-Germanicþam—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantóm—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “då”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic þam →