Where does “ies” come from?

ies (Crimean Gothic) comes from Proto-Germanic iz, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.

ies (Crimean Gothic): he

Definitions

  1. he

Ancestry of “ies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicizhe, she, it, they; 3rd person personal pronoun
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁e- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European éy →Every word from Proto-Germanic iz →