Where does “du” come from?

du (Luxembourgish) comes from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

du (Luxembourgish): "second-person singular, informal, nominative":...

Definitions

  1. "second-person singular, informal, nominative":...

Ancestry of “du”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*þū—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *þū →