Where does “tu” come from?
tu (Ido) comes from Spanish tú, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu, from Polish być, from Polish móc, from Old Polish móc — to be able.
tu (Ido): you singular, thou
Definitions
- you singular, thou
Ancestry of “tu”, step by step
tu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish tú
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | tú | you; thou |
| 2 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 3 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 4 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 5 | Polish | tu | here |
| 6 | Polish | być | to be |
| 7 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 8 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via English thou
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thou | Nominative singular of ye; To address using the... |
| 2 | English | thousand | A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10 |
| 3 | Middle English | thousend | A thousand; 1000 |
| 4 | Old English | þūsend | thousand |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |