Where does “dea” come from?

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

dea (Transylvanian Saxon): You

Definitions

  1. You

Ancestry of “dea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germandūthou, you second-person singular pronoun
2Proto-West Germanicþūyou
3Proto-Germanic*þū—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *þū →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þū →