Where does “þū” come from?

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

þū (Old English): you, thou (nominative singular)

Definitions

  1. you, thou (nominative singular)

Ancestry of “þū”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþūyou
2Proto-Germanic*þū—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “þū”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *þū →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þū →