Where does “youres” come from?

youres (Middle English) comes from Middle English your, from Old English ēower, from Proto-West Germanic iuwar, from Proto-Germanic izweraz, from Proto-Germanic jūz, from Proto-Indo-European yū́, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

youres (Middle English): Second-person plural genitive pronoun: yours;...

Definitions

  1. Second-person plural genitive pronoun: yours;...

Ancestry of “youres”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishyourAlternative form of youre
2Old Englishēoweryour plural
3Proto-West Germaniciuwaryour, yours, of you
4Proto-Germanicizwerazyour; 2nd person plural possessive
5Proto-Germanicjūzyou
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyū́you
7Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “youres”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yū́ →Every word from Proto-Germanic jūz →