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Where does “ġē” come from?

ġē (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

ġē (Old English): ye

Definitions

  1. ye

Ancestry of “ġē”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
2Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
3Proto-Germanic-hwe—
4Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “ġē”

  • ye
  • yeah
  • yea
  • yeoman
  • yere
  • yeomanry
  • yay
  • yeomanly
  • yeasay
  • yeomanlike
  • yeomanette
  • yey
  • yea-forsooth
  • yayness
  • yeman
  • yee
  • ȝe
  • yoman
  • ye
  • ġēamann
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →