Tanım
•the (forming the parallel comparative with je) · used instead of je in the je ... desto construction
Etimoloji
From Middle High German deste, from Old High German deste, theste, a contraction of des diu, respectively the genitive and instrumental case forms of Old High German daz n (“the; that, it”) respectively. Compare Dutch des te and English the ... the. Etymologically equivalent to des + die. The form ending in -o was by analogy to other adverbs and pronouns ending in -o in use in chancellery…