I am learning another language and that made me think of English pronouns. In the first person there is both "I" and "me", so that I can say "I like snakes" and "snakes like me". However, the second person singular only has "you" for these two sentences: "You like snakes" and "snakes like you".

My question is, why does the second person singular only have one form for these two grammatical use cases whereas first person and third person (we/us) ha two? Is there some reason, perhaps psychological, historical, or otherwise, why English developed this way? I think some, but not all languages also have this characteristic.

I am learning another language and that made me think of English pronouns. In the first person there is both "I" and "me", so that I can say "I like snakes" and "snakes like me". However, the second person singular only has "you" for these two sentences: "You like snakes" and "snakes like you".

My question is, why does the second person singular only have one form for these two grammatical use cases whereas first person and third person (we/us) each have two? Is there some reason, perhaps psychological, historical, or otherwise, why English developed this way? I think some, but not all languages also have this characteristic.