Where does “yow” come from?

yow (Middle English) comes from Old English ēow, from Proto-West Germanic iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic izwiz, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

yow (Middle English): Second-person plural object pronoun: you;...

Definitions

  1. Second-person plural object pronoun: you;...

Ancestry of “yow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishēowWo!, Alas!; sheep
2Proto-West Germaniciwwiz—
3Proto-Germanicizwizaccusative/dative/instrumental of *jūz
4Proto-Germanic*jūz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “yow”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →