Where does “your” come from?

Your derives from Middle English youre, Old English ēower, and Proto-Germanic izweraz, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European yū́ and túh₂, meaning the second person plural possessive pronoun.

your (English): Belonging to you; of you; related to you; A...

Definitions

  1. Belonging to you; of you; related to you; A...

Ancestry of “your”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishyourAlternative form of youre
2Old Englishēoweryour plural
3Proto-West Germaniciuwaryour, yours, of you
4Proto-Germanicizwerazyour; 2nd person plural possessive
5Proto-Germanicjūzyou
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyū́you
7Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “your

Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂