Where does “fuaayu” come from?
fuaayu (Antigua and Barbuda Creole English) comes from Antigua and Barbuda Creole English aayu, from English You, from Middle English yow, from Old English ēow, from Proto-West Germanic iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic izwiz, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
fuaayu (Antigua and Barbuda Creole English): y'alls
Definitions
- y'alls
Ancestry of “fuaayu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda Creole English | aayu | you all |
| 2 | English | You | Honorific alternative letter-case form of you,... |
| 3 | Middle English | yow | Second-person plural object pronoun: you;... |
| 4 | Old English | ēow | Wo!, Alas!; sheep |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | iwwiz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | izwiz | accusative/dative/instrumental of *jūz |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *jūz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |