"þan" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Adverb

IPA: /θɑn/
Etymology: Unclear. Probably from demonstrative *sa + an unclear suffix, possibly an earlier *-no or *-ne. But it could also continue Proto-Indo-European *tóm, whence also Latin tum. Etymology templates: {{inh|gem-pro|ine-pro||*tóm}} Proto-Indo-European *tóm, {{cog|la|tum}} Latin tum
  1. then, at that time Tags: reconstruction Derived forms: nuhþan
    Sense id: en-þan-gem-pro-adv-anyWlMTD Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*þan"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *þan\nOld Frisian: than\nSaterland Frisian: dan, do\nWest Frisian: dan\nOld Saxon: than\nMiddle Low German: dan\nOld Dutch: than\nMiddle Dutch: dan\nDutch: dan (“then, than”)\nOld High German: dan\nMiddle High German: dan\nCimbrian: dan\nGerman: dann (“then”), denn (“than, for”)\nHunsrik: dann\nLuxembourgish: dann",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *þan\nOld Frisian: than\nSaterland Frisian: dan, do\nWest Frisian: dan\nOld Saxon: than\nMiddle Low German: dan\nOld Dutch: than\nMiddle Dutch: dan\nDutch: dan (“then, than”)\nOld High German: dan\nMiddle High German: dan\nCimbrian: dan\nGerman: dann (“then”), denn (“than, for”)\nHunsrik: dann\nLuxembourgish: dann"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-pro",
            "2": "*ᚦᚨᚾ"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᚾ (*þan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᚾ (*þan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "þá",
            "t": "then"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: þá (“then”)\nIcelandic: þá\nFaroese: tá\nNorwegian Nynorsk: då\nOld Swedish: þā\nSwedish: då, tå (obsolete)\nDanish: da\nNorwegian Bokmål: da\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: da",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: þá (“then”)\nIcelandic: þá\nFaroese: tá\nNorwegian Nynorsk: då\nOld Swedish: þā\nSwedish: då, tå (obsolete)\nDanish: da\nNorwegian Bokmål: da\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: da"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "an",
            "t": "than"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: an (“than”)\n⇒ Old Norse: en\nIcelandic: en\nNorwegian Nynorsk: enn\nNorwegian Bokmål: enn\nOld Swedish: æn\nSwedish: än\nDanish: end",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: an (“than”)\n⇒ Old Norse: en\nIcelandic: en\nNorwegian Nynorsk: enn\nNorwegian Bokmål: enn\nOld Swedish: æn\nSwedish: än\nDanish: end"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌸𐌰𐌽",
            "t": "then"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan, “then”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan, “then”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "*tóm"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tóm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin tum",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unclear. Probably from demonstrative *sa + an unclear suffix, possibly an earlier *-no or *-ne. But it could also continue Proto-Indo-European *tóm, whence also Latin tum.",
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þan",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "nuhþan"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "then, at that time"
      ],
      "id": "en-þan-gem-pro-adv-anyWlMTD",
      "links": [
        [
          "then",
          "then"
        ],
        [
          "at that time",
          "at that time"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/θɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þan"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nuhþan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*þan"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *þan\nOld Frisian: than\nSaterland Frisian: dan, do\nWest Frisian: dan\nOld Saxon: than\nMiddle Low German: dan\nOld Dutch: than\nMiddle Dutch: dan\nDutch: dan (“then, than”)\nOld High German: dan\nMiddle High German: dan\nCimbrian: dan\nGerman: dann (“then”), denn (“than, for”)\nHunsrik: dann\nLuxembourgish: dann",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *þan\nOld Frisian: than\nSaterland Frisian: dan, do\nWest Frisian: dan\nOld Saxon: than\nMiddle Low German: dan\nOld Dutch: than\nMiddle Dutch: dan\nDutch: dan (“then, than”)\nOld High German: dan\nMiddle High German: dan\nCimbrian: dan\nGerman: dann (“then”), denn (“than, for”)\nHunsrik: dann\nLuxembourgish: dann"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-pro",
            "2": "*ᚦᚨᚾ"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᚾ (*þan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᚾ (*þan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "þá",
            "t": "then"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: þá (“then”)\nIcelandic: þá\nFaroese: tá\nNorwegian Nynorsk: då\nOld Swedish: þā\nSwedish: då, tå (obsolete)\nDanish: da\nNorwegian Bokmål: da\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: da",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: þá (“then”)\nIcelandic: þá\nFaroese: tá\nNorwegian Nynorsk: då\nOld Swedish: þā\nSwedish: då, tå (obsolete)\nDanish: da\nNorwegian Bokmål: da\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: da"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "an",
            "t": "than"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: an (“than”)\n⇒ Old Norse: en\nIcelandic: en\nNorwegian Nynorsk: enn\nNorwegian Bokmål: enn\nOld Swedish: æn\nSwedish: än\nDanish: end",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: an (“than”)\n⇒ Old Norse: en\nIcelandic: en\nNorwegian Nynorsk: enn\nNorwegian Bokmål: enn\nOld Swedish: æn\nSwedish: än\nDanish: end"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌸𐌰𐌽",
            "t": "then"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan, “then”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan, “then”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*tóm"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tóm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin tum",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unclear. Probably from demonstrative *sa + an unclear suffix, possibly an earlier *-no or *-ne. But it could also continue Proto-Indo-European *tóm, whence also Latin tum.",
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þan",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Proto-Germanic adverbs",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "then, at that time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "then",
          "then"
        ],
        [
          "at that time",
          "at that time"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/θɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þan"
}

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