Where does “thi” come from?

thi (Middle English) comes from Middle English þin, from Old English þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European téynos, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

thi (Middle English): second-person singular possessive determiner:...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular possessive determiner:...

Ancestry of “thi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishþinSecond-person singular possessive determiner:...
2Old Englishþīnyour (singular), thine, thy
3Proto-Germanic*þīn—
4Proto-Germanicþīnazyour, yours (thy, thine); 2nd person singular possessive
5Proto-Indo-Europeantéynosthy; thine
6Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “thi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →