Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þar

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *þa- (“that”) +‎ *-r (“locative suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɑr/

Adverb

*þar

1. (demonstrative) there, in that place

Related terms

• *hē₂r
• *hwar

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þār
  • Old English: þǣr, þār, þēr
    • Middle English: ther, there, that, thare, thore
      • Scots: that, thare, thair, thaire
      • English: there
  • Old Frisian: thēr, dēr
    • Saterland Frisian: deer
    • West Frisian: der
  • Old Saxon: thār, thar
    • Middle Low German: dār
      • Low German: dor
  • Old Dutch: thār
    • Middle Dutch: dâer
      • Dutch: daar, d'r, er
      • Limburgish: daer, dao
  • Old High German: dār
    • Middle High German: dār, dā
      • German: dar-, da
      • Luxembourgish: do
• Proto-Norse: ᚦᚨᚱ (þar)
  • Old Norse: þar, þær
    • Icelandic: þar
    • Faroese: har
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: dar, der
    • Norwegian Bokmål: der
    • Old Swedish: þar, þær
      • Swedish: där, (dialectal) dér, dar
    • Old Danish: thær
      • Danish: der
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐍂 (þar)