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English word origin

Etymology of thine

From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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pron

Second-person singular possessive pronoun; yours.

det

Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.

Relationships mentioned by the source

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  • Inherited-form mentionthynenm
  • Inherited-form mentionþīnang
  • Inherited-form mention*þīngmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*þīnazgem-pro
  • Cognate mentiondeinde
  • Cognate mentiondinno
  • Cognate mentiontínfo
  • Cognate mentionþinnis
Inspect preserved source fields

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