Where does “de” come from?

de (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse þér, from Old Norse ér, from Old Norse es, from Proto-Germanic īz, from Proto-Indo-European ís — this, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun).

de (Norwegian Nynorsk): you (second-person plural)

Definitions

  1. you (second-person plural)

Ancestry of “de”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþéryou
2Old Norseér"nom. pl." to ‘þú’, ye
3Old Norseesthat; is; as
4Proto-Germanicīzhe, she, it, they; 3rd person personal pronoun
5Proto-Indo-Europeanísthis, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ís →Every word from Proto-Germanic īz →Every word from Old Norse es →