than
English
/ðæn/, /ðən/
con
Definitions
- (obsolete) Because; for.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English than inherited from Old English þanne inherited from Proto-Germanic *þan (then, at that time, at that) derived from Proto-Indo-European *tóm.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tóm
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- where English
- wherethan English
- tum Latin
- dann German
- denn German
- dennoch German
- dan Dutch, Flemish
- *só Proto-Indo-European
- *tóm Proto-Indo-European
- *þan Proto-Germanic
- þanne Old English
- þonne Old English
- than Middle English
- at Old Norse
- en Old Norse
- enn Old Norse
- þá Old Norse
- end Danish
- dan Old High German
- danne Old High German
- denne Old High German
- dan Afrikaans
- dan Middle High German
- 𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *þannā gmw-pro
- dan Cimbrian