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[English Etymology] *to- "demonstrative pronoun" 👉

*to-  "demonstrative pronoun" 👉


Masc.Fem.Neut.Plural
Nom.seseoþætþa
Acc.þoneþaþætþa
Gen.þæsþæreþæsþara
Dat.þæmþæreþæmþæm
Inst.þy, þon--þy, þon--


Eng that
   Old English þæt, "that, so that, after that,"
          Proto-Germanic *that,
                                    PIE *tod-



Eng the "definite article"
     late Old English þe, "nominative masculine form of the demonstrative pronoun and adjective; replaced se (masc.), seo (fem.), þæt (neuter) after c.950"

Eng though
    Old English þeah "though, although, even if, however, nevertheless, although, still, yet;"
         Proto-Germanic *thaukh




Eng -th "word-forming element making ordinal numbers (fourthtenth, etc.)"
    Old English -ða
        Proto-Germanic *-tha-
                    PIE *-to-, also *-eto-*-oto- "suffix forming adjectives marking the accomplishment of the notion of the base [Watkins]"

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