Where does “thye” come from?

thye (Yola) comes from Middle English þei, from Old Norse þeir, from Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ — they, those.

thye (Yola): they

Definitions

  1. they

Ancestry of “thye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishþeiThird-person plural pronoun: they; Third-person...
2Old Norseþeirthose; they
3Proto-Norse*ᚦᚨᛁᛉthey, those
Every word from Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ →Every word from Old Norse þeir →Every word from Middle English þei →