Where does “ir” come from?

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

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*yúHsyou (plural)

Words derived from “ir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →