Where does “je” come from?

je (Westrobothnian) comes from Old Norse ér, from Old Norse es, from Proto-Germanic īz, from Proto-Indo-European ís — this, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun).

je (Westrobothnian): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “je”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseér"nom. pl." to ‘þú’, ye
2Old Norseesthat; is; as
3Proto-Germanicīzhe, she, it, they; 3rd person personal pronoun
4Proto-Indo-Europeanísthis, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ís →Every word from Proto-Germanic īz →Every word from Old Norse es →