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