Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sō

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔː/

Determiner

*sō

nominative/accusative singular feminine of *sa

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic:
- Old English: sēo, sio, ðiu, ðio, ðyu, ðy — Northumbrian, siu, sio, sie — Mercian, sia, syo, þeo
  - Middle English: seo, si, se, zi
- Old Saxon: siu
Old Norse: sú
- Icelandic: sú
- Faroese: sú
Gothic: 𐍃𐍉 (sō)
⇒ (s- analogically replaced with þ- of the other forms)
- Proto-West Germanic:
  - Old English: þēo
    - Middle English: þeo
      - English: tho (obsolete)
  - Old Saxon: thiu
    - Middle Low German: de
      - Low German: de
  - Old Dutch: thie-a
    - Dutch: de
  - Old High German: diu
    - Middle High German: diu
      - Alemannic German: d
      - Bavarian:
        Cimbrian: dòi, de, di
        
        Mòcheno: de
      - East Central German: de
      - German: die
      - Kölsch: die
      - Luxembourgish: déi
      - Yiddish: די (di)