Where does “dihr” come from?

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

dihr (Pennsylvania German): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “dihr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanirye, you
2Old High Germaniryou
3Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
4Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
5Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →