Where does “דאָ” come from?

דאָ (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German dā, from Old High German dār, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar-, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

דאָ (Yiddish): there; here

Definitions

  1. there; here

Ancestry of “דאָ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandā—
2Old High Germandārthere
3Proto-Germanicþarthere, in that place
4Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
5Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “דאָ”

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