Where does “dū” come from?

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

dū (Old High German): thou, you second-person singular pronoun

Definitions

  1. thou, you second-person singular pronoun

Ancestry of “dū”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dū”

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