Where does “yumi” come from?
yumi (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin yu, from English You, from Middle English yow, from Old English ēow, from Proto-West Germanic iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic izwiz, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
yumi (Tok Pisin): the first person inclusive: the speaker and the...
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- the first person inclusive: the speaker and the...
Ancestry of “yumi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | yu | you |
| 2 | English | You | Honorific alternative letter-case form of you,... |
| 3 | Middle English | yow | Second-person plural object pronoun: you;... |
| 4 | Old English | ēow | Wo!, Alas!; sheep |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | iwwiz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | izwiz | accusative/dative/instrumental of *jūz |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *jūz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |