Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þus

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

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Adverb

*þus

1. thus, in this way

Descendants

• Old English: þus
  • Middle English: þus, thus, thuse, þos, þous; ðus, tus, tuss, þuss
    • English: thus
    • Scots: thus
• Old Frisian: thus, dus
  • ⇒ North Frisian: aldoz
  • West Frisian: dus
• Old Saxon: *thus; thius
  • Middle Low German: düs; aldüs
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: duslik, düslîk
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: düssolîk, düssolk, düsselk, dusselk, düssek, dūsolk, duselk, düsk
• Old Dutch: thus
  • Middle Dutch: dus, dos
    • Dutch: dus
      • Afrikaans: dus
      • → Indonesian: dus
      • → Sranan Tongo: dùs
        • → Caribbean Javanese: dhes
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: aldus
• Old High German: dus