Where does “gijlie” come from?

gijlie (Dutch) comes from Dutch gijlieden, from Dutch gij, from Middle Dutch gī, from Old Dutch gī, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

gijlie (Dutch): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “gijlie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgijliedensecond-person plural personal pronoun (subjective); you people, you all, ye
2Dutchgijyou; thou
3Middle Dutchgīyou nominative, plural
4Old Dutchgīyou plural
5Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
6Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
7Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →
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