Proto-West Germanic

*þan

‘then, at that time’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *þan.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *þan, most familiar first.

• than ← þanne ← þonne ← *þannē
• then ← then(ne) ← þonne
• thence ← þennes ← þenne ← *þananā

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *þan