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Gothic
Romanization
þis
- Romanization of 𐌸𐌹𐍃
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English þes, þæs, þēos, þis, þys, all ultimately from inflections of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”).
Pronunciation
Determiner
þis (feminine þeos, accusative þisne, dative þissum, genitive þisses)
- this[3]
- þys, þise, þisse, þyse, þysse, þes, þese, þeis, þeise, þeys, þeyse, þeose, þus, dis
- þues, þusse (Southwest); yis (Northern, East Anglia)
- þisse, þysse, þies, þyes, þesse, þæs, þos (Early Middle English)
- tis, tys, tisse, tysse, tes, teos (after dentals)
Pronoun
þis (feminine þos, accusative þisne, dative þissum, genitive þisses)
- this[3]
Adverb
þis
- this[4]
Descendants
References
- ^ Brink, Daniel (1992) “Variation between <þ-> and <t-> in the Ormulum”, in Irmengard Rauch, Gerald F. Carr and Robert L. Kyes, editors, On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; 68), De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 21-35.
- ^ Thurber, Beverly A. (2011 February 15) “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, number 1, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 65-81.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “this, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “this, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Determiner
þis
- Alternative form of þes (“these”)
Pronoun
þis
- Alternative form of þes (“these”)
Old English
Pronunciation
Determiner
þis
- nominative/accusative neuter singular of þēs
Pronoun
þis
- nominative/accusative neuter singular of þēs