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

  1. to thou, to address one's speaker informally by...

Ancestry of “þúa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicþúyou, thou
2Old Norseþúyou
3Proto-Germanic*þū—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *þū →Every word from Old Norse þú →