Where does “than” come from?

than (Yola) comes from Middle English than, from Old English þanne, from Old English þonne, from Proto-West Germanic þannā, from Proto-Germanic þan, from Proto-Germanic þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

than (Yola): then

Definitions

  1. then

Ancestry of “than”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishthanthen
2Old EnglishþanneAlternative form of þonne
3Old Englishþonnethen, at that time; then, soon afterward; then,...
4Proto-West Germanicþannā—
5Proto-Germanicþanthen, at that time
6Proto-Germanicþam—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantóm—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic þam →