Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þan

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Unclear. Probably from demonstrative *sa + an unclear suffix, possibly an earlier *-no or *-ne. But it could also continue Proto-Indo-European *tóm, whence also Latin tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɑn/

Adverb

*þan

1. then, at that time

Derived terms

• *nuhþan

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þan
  • Old Frisian: than
    • Saterland Frisian: dan, do
    • West Frisian: dan
  • Old Saxon: than
    • Middle Low German: dan
  • Old Dutch: than
    • Middle Dutch: dan
      • Dutch: dan (“then, than”)
  • Old High German: dan
    • Middle High German: dan
      • Cimbrian: dan
      • German: dann (“then”), denn (“than, for”)
      • Hunsrik: dann
      • Luxembourgish: dann
• Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᚾ (*þan)
  • Old Norse: þá (“then”)
    • Icelandic: þá
    • Faroese: tá
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: då
    • Old Swedish: þā
      • Swedish: då, tå (obsolete)
    • Danish: da
      • Norwegian Bokmål: da
  • Old Norse: an
  • ⇒ Old Norse: en (“than”)
    • Icelandic: en
    • Old Swedish: æn
      • Swedish: än
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan, “then”)