your
English
/jɔː/, /jɔːɹ/
determiner
Definitions
- Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
- Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
- A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
- (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English your, youre inherited from Old English ēower inherited from Proto-Germanic *izweraz (your).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*izweraz
Gloss
your
Concept
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Possession
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- yours English
- yourself English
- euer German
- euerseits German
- euresgleichen German
- eurige German
- *izweraz Proto-Germanic
- eower Old English
- ēower Old English
- your, youre Middle English
- youre Middle English
- youres Middle English
- yðarr Old Norse
- yðvarr Old Norse
- jeres Danish
- iuwar Old High German
- iuwer Middle High German
- är Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- *iuwa Old Dutch
- *jūwa Old Dutch
- iuwa Old Dutch
- ôar Cimbrian
- euwar Old Saxon
- giuwar Old Saxon
- iuwa Old Saxon
- iuwar Old Saxon