The. Dor.

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  • thethe is the last word in Finnegans Wake. In FW 'the' is a door (exit/entrance) from the end to the beginning
  • dor: a kind of beetle → HCE is associated with earwigs
  • door:Middle English dor, from Old English duru and dor. See dhwer- in Indo-European Roots
  • door: the literal meaning of the Hebrew name of the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, Daleth, which is also the letter that would be used to spell the, the last word in Finnegans Wake
  • at death's door: (phrase) very close to death
  • Theos: (Greek) God
  • Theodore: a personal name that means gift of god
  • der: (German) the → the last word in Finnegans Wake
  • dor: (Hebrew) generation; dwelling
  • dor: (Cornish) earth
  • dor: (Portuguese) pain, ache