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Where does “inker” come from?

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

inker (Middle English): Second-person dual possessive determiner: both of...

Definitions

  1. Second-person dual possessive determiner: both of...

Ancestry of “inker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishinceryour ; yours; genitive of ġit: yours, of you two
2Proto-Germanicinkwerazyour, of you two; 2nd person dual possessive
3Proto-Germanicjutyou two
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyú—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
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