Where does “ir” come from?
ir (Old Swedish) comes from Proto-West Germanic iʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.
ir (Old Swedish): you
Ancestry of “ir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | iʀ | he, it |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | — |