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

Descendants

Old English: ġē, gī — Northumbrian
- 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 (Luserna)
    - 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) — Daytshmerish

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125: “*jiz”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125: “*jiz”

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