Where does “jou” come from?

jou (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch jou, from Middle Dutch jou, from Old Dutch jū, from Proto-Germanic iwwiz — you.

jou (Afrikaans): you; your

Definitions

  1. you; your

Ancestry of “jou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchjouyou; second-person singular objective personal pronoun
2Middle Dutchjou—
3Old Dutchjū—
4Proto-Germaniciwwizyou
Every word from Proto-Germanic iwwiz →Every word from Old Dutch jū →Every word from Middle Dutch jou →