Little words
you (one person, informal)
Source:*tyProto-Slaviccertain
English
you (one person, informal)
Polish
ty
tɨCognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianтыtytɨinherited
- Ukrainianтиtytɪinherited
- Polishtytɨinherited
- Czechtytɪinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbiantiтиtiinherited
- Englishyou (one person, informal)
Distant English relative: thou — English thou, Latin tu and *ty share one root.