Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jiʀ

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jīz, Northwest Germanic form of *jūz.

Pronoun

*jiʀ

1. you (all)

Inflection

Proto-West Germanic personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*ik	*þū	-
accusative	*mik	*þik	*sik
dative	*miʀ	*þiʀ
possessive	*mīn	*þīn	*sīn
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wit	*jit	-
accusative	*unk	*inkw	*sik
dative
possessive	*unkar	*inkwar	*sīn
plural	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wiʀ	*jiʀ	-
accusative	*uns	*iwwi	*sik
dative
possessive	*unsar	*iuwar	*sīn

Descendants

• Old English: ġē, gī
  • Middle English: ye, yee, ȝe, ȝee, yeȝ, yhe, ȝhe, ge, iye, yie, ȝie, gie, hye, hie, ȝeo, geo
    • English: ye, yee
    • Scots: ȝe, ye
    • Yola: ye
• Old Frisian: jī
  • North Frisian: jam, i (Sylt)
  • Saterland Frisian: jie
  • West Frisian: jim, jimme
• Old Saxon: gī
  • Middle Low German: gî, gê, î, y, ie, jê
    • Low German: ji, jie
      • Plautdietsch: jie
• Old Dutch: gī
  • Middle Dutch: gi
    • Dutch: gij, jij
      • Afrikaans: jy
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: ju
      • Jersey Dutch: jāi
      • Negerhollands: joe, ju
      • Petjo: jij
    • Limburgish: geer
• Old High German: ir, ier, er, aer, gi
  • Middle High German: ir
    • Alemannic German: ir
    • Bavarian:
      • Cimbrian: iar, iart
      • Mòcheno: ir
    • Central Franconian: ühr, ihr, dihr (d- from verb ending by rebracketing)
      • Hunsrik: deer
      • Luxembourgish: dir
    • German: ihr
    • Rhine Franconian:
      • Pennsylvania German: dihr
    • Yiddish: איר (ir), איהר (ihr)