ye
English
/jiː/, /jiː/
pron
Definitions
- (archaic) You (the people being addressed).
- (archaic) You, refers to one person addressed.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ye (you) inherited from Old English ġē (ye) derived from gem-pro inherited from Proto-Germanic *jūz (ye) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *yūs (you).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yūs
Gloss
you
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
君
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- yea English
- ihr German
- ihrige German
- gij Dutch, Flemish
- gijlieden Dutch, Flemish
- gijlui Dutch, Flemish
- jij Dutch, Flemish
- *túh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *yūs Proto-Indo-European
- *yū́ Proto-Indo-European
- *iwwiz Proto-Germanic
- *jīz Proto-Germanic
- *jūz Proto-Germanic
- ge Old English
- ġē Old English
- ġēa Old English
- ye Middle English
- ér Old Norse
- ér, þér Old Norse
- ír, þér Old Norse
- þér Old Norse
- gī, gi Middle Dutch
- ji Middle Dutch
- ir Old High German
- jy Afrikaans
- ir Middle High German
- 𐌾𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *jiʀ gmw-pro
- iar Cimbrian
- iart Cimbrian
- gi Old Saxon
- gī Old Saxon
- jī Old Frisian
- jie Saterland Frisian
- ir Mòcheno
- gem-pro gmw