Where does “thouen” come from?

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

thouen (Middle English): To address someone with "thou", i.e. with...

Definitions

  1. To address someone with "thou", i.e. with...

Ancestry of “thouen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishthouAlternative form of þou; you
2Old Englishþūyou, thou (nominative singular)
3Proto-West Germanicþūyou
4Proto-Germanic*þū
5Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic *þūEvery word from Proto-West Germanic þū
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