Where does “þið” come from?

þið (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þit, from Old Norse it, from Proto-Germanic jut, from Proto-Indo-European yú, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

þið (Icelandic): you, the individual or group spoken or written...

Definitions

  1. you, the individual or group spoken or written...

Ancestry of “þið”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþityou two
2Old Norseitsecond-person dual pronoun; you two
3Proto-Germanicjutyou two
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyú—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yú →Every word from Proto-Germanic jut →