On Friday, 12 June 2015 at 19:52:56 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
was not related to english singular "they"… but it could also
come from "Sie" through the trade German influence in Bergen
around 1300…
Or more likely Danish… I think they have same polite singular
form "De". It makes sense that one might pick up polite forms
through trading. Oh well.
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