you etymology

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.)

Detailed word origin of you

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*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 [...]

Words with the same origin as you

Descendants of *h₁eyH-
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