Where does “gī” come from?

gī (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch gī, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

gī (Middle Dutch): you nominative, plural

Definitions

  1. you nominative, plural

Ancestry of “gī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgīyou plural
2Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
3Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
4Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

Words derived from “gī”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →