Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/yū́

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

• *yūs, *yuHs, *yuH, *yu-

Pronoun

*yū́

1. you (plural)

Declension

See *túh₂.

Derived Terms

• *wōs, *wēs (oblique)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wāns
    • Proto-Slavic: *vy (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Celtic: *swīs (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *was (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *wōs (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ *wes-teros
    • Proto-Celtic: *sweseros
    • Proto-Italic: *westeros (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ *wōs-yos
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wāśjas
      • Proto-Slavic: *vašь (see there for further descendants)
• *usmé (accusative)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ῡ̔μεῖς (hūmeîs), ὔμμες (úmmes), ῡ̔μές (hūmés), οὐμές (oumés)

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *ju(s)
  • Albanian: ju
• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: ձեզ (jez) (< *y(us)e), ձեր (jer) (< *y(us)er)
    • Armenian: ձեզ (jez), ձեր (jer)
• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *jūˀ, *jūˀs (< *yū́-s)
  • Latgalian: jius
  • Latvian: jūs
  • Lithuanian: jūs
  • Old Prussian: ioūs, jūs
• Proto-Germanic: *jūz, *jut (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *yúH, *yúH(s) (see there for further descendants)
• Tocharian:
  • Tocharian A: yas
  • Tocharian B: yes

References

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 417