du
Danish
[ˈd̥u], [ˈd̥uːˀ]
pronoun
Definitions
- thou, you 2nd person singular subject pronoun, informal
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish thu inherited from Old Norse þú (you, thou) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þū (thou, you) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (you, thou).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*túh₂
Gloss
you, thou
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
君
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sithee English
- thou English
- thouest English
- tu Latin
- tē Latin
- tū Latin
- Taugenichts German
- taugen German
- tu French
- ты Russian
- σύ Ancient Greek
- *dʰewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *téynos Proto-Indo-European
- *túh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- du Norwegian Bokmål
- *jūz Proto-Germanic
- *þū Proto-Germanic
- du Norwegian Nynorsk
- þū Old English
- त्वम् Sanskrit
- thou Middle English
- dygð Old Norse
- þínsligr Old Norse
- þú Old Norse
- dyd Danish
- dygtig Danish
- knalddygtig Danish
- *ty Proto-Slavic
- taŭgi Esperanto
- þú Icelandic
- du Old High German
- tu Ido
- tú Faroese
- du Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌸𐌿 Gothic
- *þū gmw-pro
- *tū Proto-Celtic
- duchtig Middle Low German
- *túH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *túH, *tuHám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *túH, *túH-am Proto-Indo-Iranian
- thū Old Saxon
- þu Old Swedish
- þū, þu Old Swedish
- *tū Proto-Italic
- thū Old Frisian
- tu Northern Kurdish
- *twā Proto-Albanian
- *tū Proto-Albanian
- *tū Proto-Balto-Slavic
- tuwe Tocharian B
- thu Old Danish
- *tú Proto-Hellenic
- du Elfdalian
- tu Tocharian A
- tzo Crimean Gothic
- τύ grc-dor