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

On Sep 24, 1:36 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

Here's an idea...

Try Baltic; it predates both Russian (Slavic) which imposed itself on
a Baltic speaking population, and French (originally a 'Germanic'
language) whose ancestoral speakers came from the shore of the Baltic
Sea.

Baltic: 'Tu' and 'Jus'

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