Where does “gijmaz” come from?

gijmaz (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).

gijmaz (Zhuang): what

Definitions

  1. what

Ancestry of “gijmaz”, step by step

gijmaz 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 maz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangmazwhat; to go numb; acute disease, such as a...
2Proto-Taiʰmaːᴬdog; to come
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →