Where does “twa” come from?

twa (Louisiana Creole) comes from French toi, from Middle French toi, from Old French tei, from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

twa (Louisiana Creole): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “twa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchtoiYou
2Middle FrenchtoiAlternative form of toy
3Old FrenchteiAlternative form of toi
4Latin
5Latinyou (singular); thou
6Proto-Italicyou
7Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂Every word from Proto-Italic Every word from Latin
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