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Where does “it” come from?

it (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic it — nominative/accusative singular neuter of *iz.

it (Proto-West Germanic): it

Definitions

  1. it

Ancestry of “it”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicitnominative/accusative singular neuter of *iz
Every word from Proto-Germanic it →