Where does “te” come from?
te (Neapolitan) comes from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
te (Neapolitan): you
Ancestry of “te”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | tē | — |
| 2 | Latin | tū | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tū | you |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |