Where does “yeeit” come from?

yeeit (Yola) comes from Yola yie, from Middle English yiven, from Old English ġiefan, from Proto-West Germanic geban, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

yeeit (Yola): give it

Definitions

  1. give it

Ancestry of “yeeit”, step by step

yeeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yola yie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yolayieto give
2Middle EnglishyivenAlternative form of ȝiven
3Old Englishġiefanto give
4Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
5Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

via Yola it

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yolaitit
2Middle EnglishhitThird-person singular neuter pronoun: it;...
3Old Englishhitit
4Proto-Germanichitnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic gebanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic geban
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