Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗det
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby). · Referring to oneself. · The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned). · The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *só Proto-Germanic *sa, *þas Proto-Germanic *-si Proto-Germanic *þassi Proto-West Germanic *þassi Proto-Anglo-Frisian *þēs Old English þes Middle English þis English this From Middle English þis, this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from the North Sea Germanic base *þa- (“that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix *-s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”). Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”).
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