þeir

Old Norse

pronoun form

Definitions

those nominative plural masculine demonstrative pronoun
they third-person nominative plural masculine personal pronoun

Etymology

Inherited 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
de Danish
þeir Icelandic
teir Faroese
thē Old Danish
dier Elfdalian