Where does “sier” come from?

sier (German) comes from German ēr, from Middle High German er, from Old High German ēr, from Proto-West Germanic iʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

sier (German): they singular; a third person, singular, personal pronoun referring to a nonbinary person or person of unspecified gender

Definitions

  1. they singular; a third person, singular, personal pronoun referring to a nonbinary person or person of unspecified gender

Ancestry of “sier”, step by step

sier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German ēr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanēr—
2Middle High Germanerhe
3Old High Germanērore; brass; formerly, previously; early
4Proto-West Germaniciʀhe, it
5Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
6Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

via German Sie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSieyou
2Middle High Germansie—
3Old High Germansie—
4Proto-Germanicīzhe, she, it, they; 3rd person personal pronoun
5Proto-Indo-Europeanísthis, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →