Where does “git” come from?

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

git (Old Saxon): You two; nominative dual of thū

Definitions

  1. You two; nominative dual of thū

Ancestry of “git”, 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 →