[tied] Re: The personal pronouns of PIE (and other families) are lo

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> In the North, however, where Viking influence was stronger,
> we find N. <thei>/<they>, <thai>, G. <theyre>, <thair(e)>,
> DA. <theim>, <thaim>, from Norse <þei(r)>, <þeirra>, <þeim>.
> There is no influence on the article/demonstrative, which is
> <tho:(s)> in the North just as it is in the South.

What of substandard English _them_ 'those'? Does this derive from ON
or OE?

Richard.