English word you comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-, Proto-Indo-European *wes, Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHweh₂, and later Old English (ca. 450-1100) eow (You: accusative/dative plural form of þū.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *h₁eyH- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *wes | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *h₁eyHweh₂ | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *h₁eyH-weh₂- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *izwiz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
| *īwō | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
| *iwwiz | West Germanic (gmw) | |
| *iwwiz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
| eow | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | You: accusative/dative plural form of þū. |
| *īhwaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Name of the I-rune. Yew. |
| īw | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | |
| ȝow | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
| you | English (eng) | The individual or group spoken or written to.. Used before epithets for emphasis. (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object). [from 16th c.]. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as [...] |