Where does “yif” come from?

yif (Middle English) comes from Old English ġif, from Proto-Germanic jabai, from Proto-Indo-European ē- — then, at that time.

yif (Middle English): If

Definitions

  1. If

Ancestry of “yif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġifif
2Proto-Germanicjabaiwhen, if
3Proto-Indo-Europeanē-then, at that time

Words derived from “yif”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ē- →Every word from Proto-Germanic jabai →Every word from Old English ġif →
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