þu

þū

1. Romanization of 𐌸𐌿

þu

1. Alternative form of þou (“thou”)

• ðū

From Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Cognate with Old Frisian thū, Old Saxon thū, Old Dutch thū, Old High German dū, Old Norse þú, Gothic 𐌸𐌿 (þū). Non-Germanic cognates include Latin tū and Ancient Greek σύ (sú).

• IPA^(key): /θuː/

þū

1. you, thou (nominative singular)

Unlike later (Middle and Early Modern) usage of "thou", Old English þū was simply a singular pronoun, with no connotation of informality or disrespect.

• 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; thow, thu, du
  • Scots: thou, du, thoo
  • Yola: thou, th'

From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

þū

1. thou

• Swedish: du