Where does “iʀ” come from?

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

iʀ (Proto-West Germanic): he, it

Definitions

  1. he, it

Ancestry of “iʀ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
2Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

Words derived from “iʀ”

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