Where does “girinnan” come from?

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

girinnan (Old Dutch): to flow, to stream

Definitions

  1. to flow, to stream

Ancestry of “girinnan”, step by step

girinnan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch gī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgīyou plural
2Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
3Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
4Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

via Old Dutch rinnan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchrinnanto run
2Proto-Germanic*rinnan—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →