thee
English
/ðiː/, /θiː/
pron
Definitions
- (now)
- (now) Thou.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thee, þē (thee) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þiz (thee) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *te (second-person singular pronoun).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*te
Gloss
second-person singular pronoun
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- see English
- sithee English
- theedom English
- theeself English
- thou English
- dir German
- gedeihen German
- *te Proto-Indo-European
- *þiz Proto-Germanic
- þĕ Old English
- thedom Middle English
- thee Middle English
- þē Middle English
- þú, þér Old Norse
- þér Icelandic
- dir Old High German
- dir Middle High German
- gedīhen Middle High German
- 𐌸𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- thī Old Dutch
- diar Cimbrian
- thi Old Saxon
- thik Old Saxon
- thī Old Saxon
- thi Old Frisian