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.
gijlui (Dutch): Second-person plural personal pronoun ; you guys,...
Definitions
- Second-person plural personal pronoun ; you guys,...
Ancestry of “gijlui”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | gij | you; thou |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | gī | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | gī | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | jiʀ | you |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | — |