Where does “þúa” come from?
þúa (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic þú, from Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
þúa (Icelandic): to thou, to address one's speaker informally by...
Definitions
- to thou, to address one's speaker informally by...
Ancestry of “þúa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | þú | you, thou |
| 2 | Old Norse | þú | you |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *þū | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |