Where does “dir” come from?
dir (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German dir, from Proto-West Germanic *þiʀ, from Proto-Germanic þiz, from Proto-Indo-European te, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
dir (Luxembourgish): "second-person singular, dative": you; thee;...
Definitions
- "second-person singular, dative": you; thee;...
Ancestry of “dir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | dir | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *þiʀ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þiz | dative/instrumental of *þū |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | te | clitic accusative of *túh₂: thee |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |