Where does “ye” come from?
ye (Novial) comes from Esperanto je, from German je, from Middle High German ie.
ye (Novial): wild card preposition
Ancestry of “ye”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | je | An all-purpose preposition |
| 2 | German | je | ever; per; the |
| 3 | Middle High German | ie | — |