Where does “þou” come from?

þou (Middle English) comes from Old English þū, from Proto-West Germanic þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

þou (Middle English): thou second-person singular pronoun; you

Definitions

  1. thou second-person singular pronoun; you

Ancestry of “þou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþūyou, thou (nominative singular)
2Proto-West Germanicþūyou
3Proto-Germanic*þū—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “þou”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →