Where does “gij” come from?
gij (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch gī, from Old Dutch gī, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.
gij (Dutch): you; thou
Ancestry of “gij”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | gī | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | gī | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | jiʀ | you |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | — |