Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þū

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þū.

Pronoun

*þū

1. you (singular)

Inflection

Proto-West Germanic personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*ik	*þū	-
accusative	*mik	*þik	*sik
dative	*miʀ	*þiʀ
possessive	*mīn	*þīn	*sīn
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wit	*jit	-
accusative	*unk	*inkw	*sik
dative
possessive	*unkar	*inkwar	*sīn
plural	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wiʀ	*jiʀ	-
accusative	*uns	*iwwi	*sik
dative
possessive	*unsar	*iuwar	*sīn

Descendants

• Old English: þū, ðū
  • Middle English: þou, thou, þu, thu, þoue, thoue, þowe, thowe, þouȝ, thouȝ, þue, ðhu, þeu, þeou, thugh, thogh, þo, tu, tou, towe, you
    • English: thou, tha (Yorkshire, Lancashire), thow, thu, du (Scotland), thoo (Orkney)
    • Scots: thou, du, thoo
    • Yola: thou, th'
• Old Frisian: thū
  • North Frisian:

    Most dialects: dü

    Halligen: du

    Heligoland: di

  • Saterland Frisian: du
  • West Frisian: do, dû
• Old Saxon: thū
  • Middle Low German: thu (earlier), du (later)
    • Low German: du, diu (Westphalian)
• Old Dutch: thū, tu
  • Middle Dutch: du
    • Dutch: (obsolete) du, dou, douw
    • Limburgish: doe
• Old High German: dū, thū, ᛞᚢ (du)
  • Middle High German: du
    • Alemannic German: du

      Swabian: dau, d

    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: du

      Mòcheno: du

    • Central Franconian: du, dou

      Hunsrik: du

      Kölsch: do

    • German: du
    • Luxembourgish: du
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Palatine German: du

      Pennsylvania German: du

    • Yiddish: דו (du)