Where does “ir” come from?

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

ir (Old Swedish): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “ir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germaniche, it
2Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
3Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

Words derived from “ir

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHsEvery word from Proto-Germanic jīzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic
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