Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “ir” come from?

ir (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.

ir (Old High German): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “ir”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ir”

  • ihr
  • ir
  • איר
  • ir
  • deer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →