Where does “ir” come from?

ir (Alemannic German) comes from Old High German ir, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

ir (Alemannic German): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “ir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germaniryou
2Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
3Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
4Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →