An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/du

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry du. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2613764An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D — duJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ du, 2nd personal pronoun, ‘thou’; from Middle High German and Old High German du, and the collateral Middle High German and Old High German dû; compare Anglo-Saxon þû, English thou; Latin tu, Greek τύ, σύ, and Sanscrit tvam, are primary cognates. The details respecting the Aryan pronominal stem belong to grammar.

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