About baltic tu "thou"

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"Balto-Slavic: *tūˀ, *tū"

Will it be ok?

212.3.192.13618:34, 8 October 2017
  • tū is wrong, it should be *tūˀ.
Rua (mew)18:35, 8 October 2017

Why slavic form is seperately in the section *tūˀ (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/t%C3%BAh%E2%82%82), Balto-Slavic: *tūˀ

   Slavic: *ty (see there for further descendants)


but all forms together are presented in https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/t%C5%AB%CB%80

   Latvian: tu
   Lithuanian: tù
   Old Prussian: tou
   Slavic: *ty

Slavic form is much more important?

212.3.192.13618:52, 8 October 2017

It's because the Slavic page also lists descendants, so people can get to it more easily. If you really want, you can use {{desctree}} on the Proto-Indo-European page.

Rua (mew)18:54, 8 October 2017
Edited by another user.
Last edit: 22:03, 1 March 2023

What about this tree?

Indo-Iranian: *tuH

   Indo-Aryan:
       Romani: tu
       Sanskrit: त्वम् (tvám) < *tuH-am
           Bengali: তুমি (tumi)
           Hindi: तुम (tum)
           Urdu: تم (tum)
           Punjabi: ਤੂੰ (tū̃)

Sanskrit: त्वम् (tvám) have descendants, but we see all descendants here and Romani "tu" too.

There is no consistency in list.

212.3.192.13619:02, 8 October 2017

I agree, it would be nice if there was consistency.

Rua (mew)19:04, 8 October 2017