yow

Middle English

/juː/, /uː/, /ju/

pronoun

Definitions

Second-person plural object pronoun: you plural.
(formal) second-person singular object pronoun: you singular.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ēow (Alas, Wo, sheep) inherited from *iwwiz inherited from Proto-Germanic *izwiz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*izwiz

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*wes Proto-Indo-European
*yē Proto-Indo-European
*yū́ Proto-Indo-European
*iwwiz Proto-Germanic
*izwiz Proto-Germanic
eow Old English
ēow Old English
you Middle English
yðr Old Norse
þér Old Norse
*iwwiz gmw-pro
iu Old Dutch
iu Old Saxon
yow Scots
ju Old Frisian
jū Old Frisian

you