Where does “þúnautur” come from?

þúnautur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic þú, from Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

þúnautur (Icelandic): someone with whom one is on close enough terms...

Definitions

  1. someone with whom one is on close enough terms...

Ancestry of “þúnautur”, 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 →