Where does “gijlui” come from?

gijlui (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 — you (plural).

gijlui (Dutch): second-person plural personal pronoun (subjective); you guys, you people, you lot, you all, y'all

Definitions

  1. second-person plural personal pronoun (subjective); you guys, you people, you lot, you all, y'all

Ancestry of “gijlui”, step by step

gijlui traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch gij

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgijyou; thou
2Middle Dutchgīyou nominative, plural
3Old Dutchgīyou plural
4Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
5Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
6Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

via Dutch lui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchluilazy; Alternative form of lieden
2Dutchluidento sound; Alternative form of lieden
3Middle Dutchlûden—
4Old Dutchlūdonto sound
5Proto-Germanic*hlūdijan—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →