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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *só.
Pronunciation
Determiner
*sa
- that
Inflection
Declension of *sa (irregular)
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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nominative
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*sa
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*sō
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*þat
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*þai
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*þôz
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*þō
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accusative
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*þanǭ
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*þǭ
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*þat
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*þanz
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*þōz
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*þō
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genitive
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*þas
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*þaizōz
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*þas
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*þaizǫ̂
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*þaizǫ̂
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*þaizǫ̂
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dative
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*þammai
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*þaizōi
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*þammai
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*þaimaz
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*þaimaz
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*þaimaz
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instrumental
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*þanō
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*þaizō
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*þanō
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*þaimiz
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*þaimiz
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*þaimiz
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See also
Derived terms
Descendants
- Nominative
- *sa (nominative singular masculine; OE and OS sē derive from related *sai)
- Proto-West Germanic:
- Proto-Norse: ᛋᛡ (sᴀ)
- Old Norse: sá
- Icelandic: sá
- Faroese: sá
- Old Swedish: sa
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌰 (sa)
- ⇒ (s- analogically replaced with þ- of the other forms)
- Proto-West Germanic:
- Old English: þē
- Old Frisian: thī, thā
- North Frisian: di
- Saterland Frisian: die
- West Frisian: de, dy
- Old Saxon: thē
- Old Dutch: thie
- Old High German: dër (also influenced by adjective inflection)
- Middle High German: dër
- Alemannic German: dr
- Swabian: d'r
- Bavarian: da
- Cimbrian: dèar, dar
- Mòcheno: der
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: dää
- Kölsch: dä
- German: der
- Hessian: dè
- Yiddish: דער (der)
- *sō (nominative singular feminine) (see there for further descendants)
- *þat (nominative/accusative singular neuter) (see there for further descendants)
- *þai (nominative plural masculine) (see there for further descendants)
- *þôz (nominative/accusative plural feminine)
- Proto-Norse: ᚦᛡᛁᛡᛉ (þᴀiᴀʀ /þaiaʀ/)
- Old West Norse: þær
- Old East Norse: þáʀ, ᚦᛆᛧ
- Old Gutnish: þar
- Gothic: 𐌸𐍉𐍃 (þōs)
- *þō (nominative/accusative plural neuter)
- Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᚢᚾ (*þaun)
- Old West Norse: þau
- Old East Norse: þaun, ᚦᛅᚢᚾ, ᚦᛆᚢᚿ
- Old Gutnish: þaun
- Gothic: 𐌸𐍉 (þō)
- Accusative
For singular neuter, plural feminine, and plural neuter forms, see Nominative section above.
- *þanǭ (accusative singular masculine)
- Proto-West Germanic: *þanā
- Old Norse: þann
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 (þana)
- *þǭ (accusative singular feminine)
- Proto-West Germanic: *þā
- Old English: þā
- Old Saxon: thia
- Old Dutch: thie-a
- Old High German: diu
- Middle High German: diu
- Alemannic German: d
- Cimbrian: dòi
- East Central German: de
- German: die
- Kölsch: die
- Luxembourgish: déi
- Yiddish: די (di)
- Old Norse: þá
- Icelandic: þá
- Faroese: ta
- Old Swedish: þā, þē
- Gothic: 𐌸𐍉 (þō)
- *þanz (accusative plural masculine)
- Old Norse: þá
- Icelandic: þá
- Faroese: tá (obsolete)
- Old Swedish: þā
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 (þans)
- Genitive
- *þas (genitive singular masculine/neuter)
- Proto-West Germanic: *þas
- Old Norse: þess
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐍃 (þis)
- *þaizōz (genitive singular feminine)
- Proto-West Germanic: *þaiʀā
- Old Norse: þeirrar
- Icelandic: þeirrar
- Faroese: teirrar
- Old Swedish: þēra, þærra
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐍉𐍃 (þizōs)
- *þaizǫ̂ (genitive plural)
- Proto-West Germanic: *þaiʀō
- Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᛁᛉᛟ (*þaiʀo /*þaizō/)
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴 m or n (þizē), 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐍉 f (þizō)
- Dative
- *þammai (dative singular masculine/neuter)
- Proto-West Germanic: *þammē
- Old English: þǣm, þām
- Old Saxon: thēm
- Old Dutch: themo
- Old High German: dëmu
- Old Norse: þeim
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 (þamma)
- *þaizōi (dative singular feminine)
- *þaimaz (dative plural)
- Proto-West Germanic: *þaim
- Old Norse: þeim
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 (þaim)
- Instrumental
- *þanō (instrumental singular masculine/neuter)
- *þaizō (instrumental singular feminine)
- *þaimiz (instrumental plural)