An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/du

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D (1891)
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Friedrich Kluge2506699An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D — du1891John Francis Davis

​ du, 2nd pers. pron., ‘thou’; from MidHG. and OHG. du, and the collateral MidHG. and OHG. dû; comp. AS. þû, E. thou; Lat. tu, Gr. τύ, σύ, and Sans. tvam, are prim. cognates. The details respecting the Aryan pronom. stem belong to grammar.

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