thoo
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Preposition edit
thoo (nonstandard)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronoun edit
thoo
Usage notes edit
- Historically also used north of the Humber-Lume line in (Northern) England, but now rare there.
Anagrams edit
Fingallian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English þeou, þeu, þou, from Old English þū,from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū (“you (singular), thou”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you, thou”).
Pronoun edit
thoo
Scots edit
Pronoun edit
thoo (objective case thee, vocative thee, possessive determiner thee)
- Orkney form of thou
- Thoo kens whit hid's like wi a hooseful o folk
- You know what it's like with a houseful of folks
Usage notes edit
- thoo is used to address a friend, a family member or someone younger.
Further reading edit
- Flaws, Margaret, Lamb, Gregor (1996) The Orkney Dictionary, Kirkwall, Orkney: Orkney Language and Culture Group, published 2001, →ISBN