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: Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭭𐭤 (ēn). Compare Mazanderani ام (am), Central Kurdish ئەم (em), Northern Kurdish ev, Alviri-Vidari ام (am). Possibly related to Sanskrit एन (ena).
köken: From Proto-Turkic *bū (“this”). The final -l is an extra determinant element, which is also attested in Kazakh бұл (būl, “this”) and Kyrgyz бул (bul, “this”), as well as in Kyrgyz тигил (tigil, “that”) and Bashkir шул (şul, “that”).
köken: From earlier assi, from Old Galician-Portuguese assi, from Late Latin ac sīc. Closely parallel to Aromanian ashi, Spanish así, Romanian așa. Compare also Catalan així, French ainsi, Italian così.