nominative masculine singular definite article, the
köken: From Middle High German dër, from Old High German dër, replacing the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection. Compare also Old Dutch thie and Old English sē where the same process occurred.
köken: From Proto-Finnic *tämä, from Proto-Uralic *tä. The nominative and singular genitive forms, which would have otherwise been monosyllabic, have been extended with *-mä.
köken: From இ- (i-, proximal marker) + -து (-tu). See Proto-Dravidian *i-tu (“this”). Cognates Cognate with Kannada ಇದು (idu), Malayalam ഇത് (itŭ) and Telugu ఇది (idi).