Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “ji” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgī—
2Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
3Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
4Proto-Indo-European*yúHs—

Words derived from “ji”

  • wablief
  • jij
  • uzelf
  • alstublieft
  • u
  • ului
  • jelui
  • jullie
  • julle
  • asseblief
  • u
  • jy
  • jul
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →