Etymograph

English

thyselves

From thy + -selves, apparently by analogy with yourselves.

Formed from thy + -selves

Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ ‘thou’

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Proto-Germanic *þīnaz ‘your, yours (thy, thine)’

Proto-West Germanic *þīn ‘your, yours (singular)’

Old English þīn

Middle English þi

English thy

Today it means

pron Yourselves; a plural of the archaic pronoun thyself.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “thyselves”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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