Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þan

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

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þan, of disputed origin.

Adverb

*þan

  1. then, at that time

Derived terms

Descendants

  • 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

References

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