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σύ.

sŭ́

second person singular personal pronoun: thou, you

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Meaning & usage

pronsŭ́/sý//ˈsy//ˈsi//sý/
  1. second person singular personal pronoun: thou, you

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Hellenic *tú, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit त्वम् (tvam), Latin tū, Persian تو (to) and Old English þū (English thou). The initial /s/ was spread to the nominative from oblique forms such as accusative σέ (sé) < *twé, where /s/ is the regular development of Proto-Indo-European *tw-.

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