Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “gī” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
2Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
3Proto-Indo-European*yúHs—

Words derived from “gī”

  • gijlui
  • ului
  • jelui
  • jullie
  • wablief
  • gijlie
  • jij
  • uzelf
  • gij
  • alstublieft
  • u
  • gijlieden
  • gi
  • ji
  • ghi
  • u
  • jy
  • asseblief
  • jul
  • julle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →