Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þan, of disputed origin.

Adverb

*þan

1. then, at that time

Derived terms

• *þananā
• *þannē

Descendants

• Old Frisian: than
  • Saterland Frisian: dan, do
  • West Frisian: dan
• Old Saxon: than
  • Middle Low German: dan
• Old Dutch: than
  • Middle Dutch: dan
    • Dutch: dan (“then, than”)
• Old High German: dan
  • Middle High German: dan
    • Cimbrian: dan
    • German: dann (“then”), denn (“than, for”)
    • Hunsrik: dann
    • Luxembourgish: dann

References

• Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*þana”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 416