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

Franz Gnaedinger wrote:
On Sep 24, 10:36 am, Sébastien de Mapias <sglrig...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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

In my opinion, Homo erectus, Homo Heidelbergensis
and early Homo sapiens sapiens used humming sounds
in order to mark presence, for example Mm and Nn.
Picture a hunting party walking in a straight line:

Just in case it isn't obvious to the OP, the "in my opinion" caveat is essential. This analysis is fictitious, kind of a one-man parlor game of Franz's that he finds pleasing but that has no basis in linguistic research and evidence.
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