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

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, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 416