Proto-Germanic
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Pronunciation
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Etymology
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From demonstrative root *þa- with plural suffix *-i. Compare *twai (“two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ with same suffix.
Determiner
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*þai
- they; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa
Descendants
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- Proto-West Germanic: *þai
- Old English: þā
- Old Frisian: thā
- Saterland Frisian: do
- West Frisian: dy
- Old Saxon: thē
- Old Dutch: thie
- Old High German: dē, dea, dia, die
- Middle High German: dē, die
- Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ)
- Old Norse: þeir, ᚦᛅᛁᛦ (þaiʀ); ᚦᛅᛁᚱ (þair), ᚦᛂᛁᚱ (þeir); ᚦᛂᚱ (þer), ᚦᛂᛦ (þeʀ), ᚦᛁᚱ (þir), ᚦᛁᛦ (þiʀ); ᚦᛅ (þa); ᚦᛅᛁᛘ (þaim); ᚦᛂᛁᛘ (þeim); ᚦᛂᛘ (þem), ᚦᛁᛘ (þim); ᚦᛅᛁᚱᛅ (þaira), ᚦᛅᛁᛦᛅ (þaiʀa), ᚦᛂᛁᚱᛅ (þeira), ᚦᛂᛁᛦᛅ (þeiʀa), ᚦᛂᚱᛅ (þera), ᚦᛂᛦᛅ (þeʀa), ᚦᛁᚱᛅ (þira), ᚦᛁᛦᛅ (þiʀa)