Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þai

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θɑi̯/

Determiner

*þai

they; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic:
- Old English: þā
  - Middle English: tha, tho; thas, thos
    - Scots: tha, thai; thais
    - English: tho; those
- Old Frisian:
  - Saterland Frisian: do
Old Norse: þeir, ᚦᛅᛁᛦ (þaiʀ); ᚦᛅᛁᚱ (þair, þæir), ᚦᛂᛁᚱ (þeir); ᚦᛂᚱ (þer), ᚦᛂᛦ (þeʀ), ᚦᛁᚱ (þir), ᚦᛁᛦ (þiʀ); ᚦᛅ (þa); ᚦᛅᛁᛘ (þaim, þæim); ᚦᛂᛁᛘ (þeim); ᚦᛂᛘ (þem), ᚦᛁᛘ (þim); ᚦᛅᛁᚱᛅ (þaira), ᚦᛅᛁᛦᛅ (þaiʀa), ᚦᛂᛁᚱᛅ (þeira), ᚦᛂᛁᛦᛅ (þeiʀa), ᚦᛂᚱᛅ (þera), ᚦᛂᛦᛅ (þeʀa), ᚦᛁᚱᛅ (þira), ᚦᛁᛦᛅ (þiʀa)
- Icelandic: þeir
- Faroese: teir
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dei
- Jamtish: di
- Elfdalian: dier
- Old Swedish: þēr, the, þir, thi
  - Swedish: de, (archaic) the, dhe (dialectal) di, da
- Danish: de
  - Norwegian Bokmål: de
- Old Gutnish: þar
  - Gutnish: dair, di
- → Middle English: thei, they
  - Scots: they
  - English: they

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