Where does “dittills” come from?

dittills (Swedish) comes from Swedish dit, from Old Norse þit, from Old Norse it, from Proto-Germanic jut, from Proto-Indo-European yú, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

dittills (Swedish): theretofore, until that time

Definitions

  1. theretofore, until that time

Ancestry of “dittills”, step by step

dittills traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish dit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishditthere; to that place; that way, in that...
2Old Norseþityou two
3Old Norseitsecond-person dual pronoun; you two
4Proto-Germanicjutyou two
5Proto-Indo-European
6Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

via Swedish tills

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtillsuntil
2Old Swedishtil þäs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Germanic jut