Where does “tu” come from?

tu (Northern Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian tuHám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian túH, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

tu (Northern Kurdish): you singular; thou

Definitions

  1. you singular; thou

Ancestry of “tu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-IraniantuHám—
2Proto-Indo-IraniantúHyou, thou
3Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian túH →Every word from Proto-Iranian tuHám →