Where does “þu” come from?

þu (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

þu (Old Swedish): thou

Definitions

  1. thou

Ancestry of “þu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþúyou
2Proto-Germanic*þū—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “þu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *þū →Every word from Old Norse þú →