Where does “inċ” come from?

inċ (Middle English) comes from Old English inċ, from Proto-Germanic inkwiz, from Proto-Germanic jut, from Proto-Indo-European yú, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

inċ (Middle English): Second-person dual accusative pronoun: you twain, the two of you

Definitions

  1. Second-person dual accusative pronoun: you twain, the two of you

Ancestry of “inċ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishinċyou
2Proto-Germanicinkwizdative/instrumental of *jut
3Proto-Germanicjutyou two
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyú—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yú →Every word from Proto-Germanic jut →