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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jit
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *jut.
Pronoun
*jit[1]
- you two
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: ġit
- Middle English: ȝit
- Old Frisian: *it, *jit
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum: jat
- Sylt: at
- North Frisian:
- Old Saxon: git
- Old Dutch: *git, *it
- Bergish: et, get, git, it
- Old High German: *iz
- Middle High German: ëz
- Bavarian: es
- Yiddish: עץ (ets) (Poylish)
- Middle High German: ëz
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125: “*jit”