teir

Faroese

/tʰaiːɹ/

pronoun

Definitions

they

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse þeir derived from Proto-Germanic *þai (those, they).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*þai

Gloss

those, they

Concept

Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Other

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

they English
*to- Proto-Indo-European
*to-, *só Proto-Indo-European
*þai Proto-Germanic
de Swedish
dei Norwegian Nynorsk
þa Old English
þā Old English
thei Middle English
þei Middle English
þeir Old Norse
þeir Icelandic
thē Old Danish
they Sranan Tongo
dier Elfdalian