du
German (Berlin)
/duː/, /də/
pronoun
Definitions
- you thou, singular familiar
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German du inherited from Old High German dū inherited from *þū inherited from Proto-Germanic *þū (thou, you) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (you, thou).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*túh₂
Gloss
you, thou
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
君
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sithee English
- thou English
- thouest English
- tu Latin
- tē Latin
- tū Latin
- tu Italian
- tu French
- ты Russian
- tú Spanish, Castilian
- σύ Ancient Greek
- *téynos Proto-Indo-European
- *túh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *jūz Proto-Germanic
- *þū Proto-Germanic
- þu Old English
- þū Old English
- त्वम् Sanskrit
- thou Middle English
- þú Old Norse
- *ty Proto-Slavic
- tu Old French
- ci Esperanto
- du Old High German
- dū Old High German
- tu Latvian
- -u Ido
- tu Ido
- du Middle High German
- du Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌸𐌿 Gothic
- דו Yiddish
- *þū gmw-pro
- thu Old Dutch
- thū Old Dutch
- *tū Proto-Celtic
- du Middle Low German
- du Cimbrian
- *túH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *túH, *tuHám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *túH, *túH-am Proto-Indo-Iranian
- thu Old Saxon
- thū Old Saxon
- *tū Proto-Italic
- thu Old Frisian
- thū Old Frisian
- tu Northern Kurdish
- *twā Proto-Albanian
- *tū Proto-Albanian
- *tū Proto-Balto-Slavic
- du Mòcheno
- to Mauritian Creole
- tuwe Tocharian B
- *tú Proto-Hellenic
- to Louisiana Creole French
- tu Tocharian A
- tzo Crimean Gothic
- τύ grc-dor