Fr/lat/ru tu-vous/tu-vos/ты-вы: etymology ?

From: Sébastien de Mapias <sglrigaud@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:36:31 -0700

Hi,
Just a curiosity: in french the first persons of sing. and plur. 'tu'
and
'vous' are peculiarly close to russian 'ты' and 'вы': is it a
coincidence ?
What are the etymologies of 'ты' 'вы' ?

Thanks.
Seb

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