þeah

See also: yeah

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þauh, corresponding to Proto-Germanic *þau (“in that case”) + Proto-Germanic *-uh (“and”) (cognate with Latin -que). Cognate with Old Frisian thāch, Old Saxon thōh, Dutch doch, Old High German doh (whence German doch), Old Norse þó, whence Icelandic þó (“still, yet”)), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐌷 (þauh).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θæːɑx/

Adverb

þēah

  1. for all that, however, even so, yet

Conjunction

þēah

  1. though, notwithstanding that
  2. though, even if, even given that

Descendants
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