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