Where does “ye” come from?

ye (Ido) comes from Esperanto je, from German je, from Middle High German ie.

ye (Ido): to, at, by; The name of the Latin script letter...

Definitions

  1. to, at, by; The name of the Latin script letter...

Ancestry of “ye”, step by step

ye traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto je

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantojeAn all-purpose preposition
2Germanjeever; per; the
3Middle High Germanie—

via Ido Y

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IdoY—

via Ido e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IdoeApocopic form of ed
Every word from Middle High German ie →Every word from German je →Every word from Esperanto je →