Where does “三Q” come from?
三Q (Chinese) comes from English thank you, from English thank-you, from English You, from Middle English yow, from Old English ēow, from Proto-West Germanic iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic izwiz, from Proto-Germanic *jūz — you, thou.
三Q (Chinese): thank you
Ancestry of “三Q”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | thank you | An expression of gratitude or politeness in... |
| 2 | English | thank-you | An expression of gratitude; That expresses thanks |
| 3 | English | You | Honorific alternative letter-case form of you,... |
| 4 | Middle English | yow | Second-person plural object pronoun: you;... |
| 5 | Old English | ēow | Wo!, Alas!; sheep |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | iwwiz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | izwiz | accusative/dative/instrumental of *jūz |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *jūz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |