Where does “ie” come from?
ie (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch hi, from Old Dutch hīe, from Old Dutch hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...
ie (Dutch): "Third-person singular, masculine, subjective,...
Definitions
- "Third-person singular, masculine, subjective,...
Ancestry of “ie”, step by step
ie traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch hi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | hi | he |
| 2 | Old Dutch | hīe | he |
| 3 | Old Dutch | hē | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *hiʀ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hīz | nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these... |
via Old Dutch io
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | io | always, every time, continuously; ever, at some... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | aiw | long time, age, eternity; law |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | aiwaz | long time, age, eternity |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |
via Dutch je
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | je | subjective unstressed form of jij; objective... |