Etymograph

English

thine

Thine comes from Proto-West Germanic *þīn ‘your, yours (singular)’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *téynos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*téynosreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þīnaz‘your, yours (thy, thine)’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þīn‘your, yours (singular)’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150þīn
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500thyn
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1611thine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*téynosreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þīnaz‘your, yours (thy, thine)’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þīn‘your, yours (singular)’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150þīn
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500thyn
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1611thine

Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Thine oxe shall be slaine before thine eyes, and…”

Linked words

through Old English þīn

thy

Today it means

det Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *téynos / thine

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