Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þār
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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]
Descendants
- Old English: þǣr, þār, þēr
- Old Frisian: thēr, dēr
- Old Saxon: thār, thar
- Old Dutch: thār
- Old High German: dār
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”