Where does “gī” come from?

gī (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

gī (Old Dutch): you plural

Definitions

  1. you plural

Ancestry of “gī”, step by step

gī traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic jiʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
2Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
3Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

via Germanic *jīz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*jīz—

Words derived from “gī”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →