Where does “yf” come from?

yf (English) comes from English if, from Middle English yif, from Old English ġif, from Proto-Germanic jabai, from Proto-Indo-European ē- — then, at that time.

yf (English): Obsolete form of if

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of if

Ancestry of “yf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishifSupposing that, assuming that, in the...
2Middle EnglishyifIf
3Old Englishġifif
4Proto-Germanicjabaiwhen, if
5Proto-Indo-Europeanē-then, at that time
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ē- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jabai →Every word from Old English ġif →
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