Where does “Jim” come from?

Jim (English) comes from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

Jim (English): To jimmy (something); to mess up or mess with (something)

Definitions

  1. To jimmy (something); to mess up or mess with (something)

Ancestry of “Jim”, step by step

Jim traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic jь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
2Proto-Balto-Slaviciśthis
3Old Polishićto go
4Proto-Slavicjьtito go
5Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Proto-Nuristani *j̈ima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nuristani*j̈ima—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰimáscold, frost; winter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰéyōmwinter; year; frost, snow
4Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
5Proto-Indo-European-mi—

via Old Frisian jī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianjīye, you plural
2Proto-Germanic*jūz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “Jim”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →