þuの英語

語源

From Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Cognate with Old Frisian thū, Old Saxon thū, Old Dutch thū, Old High German dū, Old Norse þú, Gothic 𐌸𐌿 (þū). Non-Germanic cognates include Latin tū and Ancient Greek σύ (sú).

発音

• IPA: /θuː/
• 韻: -ū

代名詞

þū

1. you, thou (nominative singular)

使用する際の注意点

Unlike later (Middle and Early Modern) usage of "thou", Old English þū was simply a singular pronoun, with no connotation of informality or disrespect.

語形変化

派生した語

• Middle English: þou, thou, þu, thu, þoue, thoue, þowe, thowe, þouȝ, thouȝ, þue, ðhu, þeu, þeou, thugh, thogh, þo, tu, tou, towe, you
  • English: thou, tha (Yorkshire, Lancashire), thow, thu, du (Scotland), thoo (Orkney), yͧ (obsolete)
  • Fingallian: thoo
  • Scots: thou, du, thoo
  • Yola: thou, th'

語源

Partly from Proto-West Germanic *-iþu, from Proto-Germanic *-iþō; and partly from -þ +‎ -u, where the -u denotes the īn-stem of nouns, and is thus indeclinable.

発音

• IPA: /θu/

接尾辞

-þu f

1. forming abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or other nouns; generally causing mutation of root or preceding vowels

語形変化

o-stem

indeclinable

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: -the, -th
  • English: -th
  • Scots: -th