Where does “tou” come from?
tou (Old Catalan) comes from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu, from Polish być, from Polish móc, from Old Polish móc, from Proto-Slavic moťь.
tou (Old Catalan): your, yours
Ancestry of “tou”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 2 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 3 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 4 | Polish | tu | here |
| 5 | Polish | być | to be |
| 6 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 7 | Old Polish | móc | — |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | — |