Where does “ġyt” come from?

ġyt (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic jit, from Proto-Germanic jut, from Proto-Indo-European yú, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

ġyt (Old English): you twain

Definitions

  1. you twain

Ancestry of “ġyt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicjityou two
2Proto-Germanicjutyou two
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyú—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yú →Every word from Proto-Germanic jut →