Where does “jiʀ” come from?

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

jiʀ (Proto-West Germanic): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “jiʀ”, step by step

jiʀ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic jīz

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

via Proto-Germanic *jūz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*jūz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “jiʀ”

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