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Where does “gijlieden” come from?

gijlieden (Dutch) comes 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.

gijlieden (Dutch): Second-person plural personal pronoun ; you guys,...

Definitions

  1. Second-person plural personal pronoun ; you guys,...

Ancestry of “gijlieden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgijyou; thou
2Middle Dutchgī—
3Old Dutchgī—
4Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
5Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
6Proto-Indo-European*yúHs—

Words derived from “gijlieden”

  • gijlie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →