Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þan

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

Etymology

Unclear. Probably from demonstrative *sa + an unclear suffix, possibly an earlier *-no or *-ne. But it could also continue Proto-Indo-European *tóm, whence also Latin tum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θɑn/

Adverb

*þan

then, at that time

Derived terms

*nuhþan

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *þan
- Old Frisian: than
  - Saterland Frisian: dan, do
  - West Frisian: dan
- Old Saxon: than
  - Middle Low German: dan
    - Low German: dann (“then”), denn (“than, for, because”)
- Old Dutch: than
  - Middle Dutch: dan
    - Dutch: dan (“then, than”)
- Old High German: dan
  - Middle High German: dan
    - Cimbrian: dan
    - German: dann (“then”), denn (“than, for”)
    - Hunsrik: dann
    - Luxembourgish: dann
Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᚾ (*þan)
- Old Norse: þá (“then”)
  - Icelandic: þá
  - Faroese: tá
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: då
  - Old Swedish: þā
    - Swedish: då, tå (obsolete)
  - Danish: da
    - Norwegian Bokmål: da
      - → Norwegian Nynorsk: da
- Old Norse: an (“than”)
  - ⇒ Old Norse: en
    - Icelandic: en
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: enn
    - Norwegian Bokmål: enn
    - Old Swedish: æn
      - Swedish: än
    - Danish: end
Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan, “then”)