Where does “de” come from?

de (Swedish) comes from Old Norse þeir, from Proto-Germanic þai, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

de (Swedish): they; Pronunciation spelling of det; the, a...

Definitions

  1. they; Pronunciation spelling of det; the, a...

Ancestry of “de”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþeirthose; they
2Proto-Germanicþaithey; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa
3Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
4Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that

Words derived from “de

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