thoo

English

Etymology 1

Preposition

thoo (nonstandard)

1. Pronunciation spelling of through.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

thoo

1. (Orkney) Thou; singular informal form of you.

Usage notes

• Historically also used north of the Humber-Lume line in (Northern) England, but now rare there.

Anagrams

• Hoot, Htoo, OTOH, hoot, otoh, toho

Fingallian

Etymology

From Middle English þeou, þeu, þou, from Old English þū,from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū (“you (singular), thou”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you, thou”).

Pronoun

thoo

1. thou

Scots

Pronoun

thoo (objective case thee, vocative thee, possessive determiner thee)

1. Orkney form of thou

   Thoo kens whit hid's like wi a hooseful o folk

   You know what it's like with a houseful of folks

Usage notes

• thoo is used to address a friend, a family member or someone younger.

Further reading

• Flaws, Margaret, Lamb, Gregor (1996) The Orkney Dictionary, Kirkwall, Orkney: Orkney Language and Culture Group, published 2001, →ISBN