Where does “gijgwn” come from?

gijgwn (Zhuang) comes from Dutch gij, from Middle Dutch gī, from Old Dutch gī, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

gijgwn (Zhuang): food

Definitions

  1. food

Ancestry of “gijgwn”, step by step

gijgwn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch gij

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgijyou; thou
2Middle Dutchgīyou nominative, plural
3Old Dutchgīyou plural
4Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
5Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
6Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

via Zhuang gwn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuanggwnto eat
2Proto-Taikɯɲᴬto eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →