Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þār

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

From Proto-Germanic *þar, with irregular lengthening, possibly due to influence of *hēr.

Adverb

*þār[1]

there

Descendants

Old English: þǣr, þār, þēr
- Middle English: ther, there, that, thare, thore
  - Scots: that, thare, thair, thaire
  - English: there
Old Frisian: thēr, dēr
- Saterland Frisian: deer
- West Frisian: der
Old Saxon: thār
- Middle Low German: dār
  - Low German: dor
Old Dutch: thār
- Middle Dutch: dâer
  - Dutch: daar, d'r, er
  - Limburgish: daer, dao
Old High German: dār
- Middle High German: dār, dā
  - German: dar-, da
  - Luxembourgish: do

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65: “PWGmc *þār”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65: “PWGmc *þār”