Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or very shortly thereafter. · Used before a noun designating something considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time. · Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar. · Used before a body part, a family member, a pet (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
From Middle English þe, from Old English þē m (“the, that”, demonstrative pronoun), a late variant of sē, the s- (which occurred in the masculine and feminine nominative singular only) having been replaced by the þ- from the oblique stem. replaced words, cognates Originally neutral nominative, in Middle English it superseded all previous Old English nominative forms (sē m, sēo f, þæt n, þā pl); sē is from Proto-West Germanic *siz, from Proto-Germanic *sa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *só. Cognate with Saterland Frisian die (“the”), West Frisian de (“the”), Dutch de (“the”), German Low German de (“the”), German der (“the”), Danish de (“the”), Swedish de (“the”), Icelandic sá (“that”) within Germanic and with Sanskrit स (sá, “the, that”), Ancient Greek ὁ (ho, “the”), Tocharian B se (“this”) among other Indo-European languages.
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- Inherited-form mentionþeenm
- Inherited-form mentionþēang
- Inherited-form mention*sizgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*sagem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*sóine-pro
- Cognate mentiondiestq · the
- Cognate mentiondefy · the
- Cognate mentiondenl · the
- Cognate mentionderde · the
- Cognate mentiondeda · the
- Cognate mentiondesv · the
- Cognate mentionsáis · that
- Cognate mentionसsa · the, that
- Cognate mentionὁgrc · the
- Cognate mentionsetxb · this
This page abbreviates 10 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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