þis

See also: yis, this, and thîs

Gothic

Romanization

þis

1. Romanization of 𐌸𐌹𐍃

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English þes, þæs, þēos, þis, þys, all ultimately from inflections of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðis/, (emphatic, also) /θis/^[1][2]
• (after /t/) IPA^(key): /tis/

Determiner

þis (feminine þeos, accusative þisne, dative þissum, genitive þisses)

1. this^[3]

Alternative forms

• þys, þise, þisse, þyse, þysse, þes, þese, þeis, þeise, þeys, þeyse, þeose, þus, dis
• þues, þusse (Southwest); yis (Northern, East Anglia)
• þisse, þysse, þies, þyes, þesse, þæs, þos (Early Middle English)
• tis, tys, tisse, tysse, tes, teos (after dentals)

Pronoun

þis (feminine þos, accusative þisne, dative þissum, genitive þisses)

1. this^[3]

Alternative forms

• þys, þise, þisse, þyse, þysse, þus
• ȝis, ȝys, yhis (Northern)
• þeos, þese, þæs (Early Middle English)
• tis (after dentals and s)

Adverb

þis

1. this^[4]

Alternative forms

• þys, þes

Descendants

• English: this
• Scots: this
• Yola: this

References

1. Brink, Daniel (1992) “Variation between <þ-> and <t-> in the Ormulum”, in Irmengard Rauch, Gerald F. Carr and Robert L. Kyes, editors, On Germanic Linguistics: Issues and Methods (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; 68), De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 21-35.
2. Thurber, Beverly A. (2011 February 15) “Voicing of Initial Interdental Fricatives in Early Middle English Function Words”, in Journal of Germanic Linguistics, volume 23, number 1, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 65-81.
3. “this, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
4. “this, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Determiner

þis

1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Pronoun

þis

1. Alternative form of þes (“these”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θis/

Determiner

þis

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of þēs

Pronoun

þis

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of þēs