Proto-Germanic
*þan
‘at that (time), then’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *þan.
3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *þan, most familiar first.
- than ← þanne ← þonne ← *þannē ← *þan
- then ← then(ne) ← þonne ← *þan
- thence ← þennes ← þenne ← *þananā ← *þan
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *þan