Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jūz

This Proto-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-Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *yúHs, plural of *túh₂.[1]

Alternative forms

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  • *jīz (North-West Germanic)

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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*jūz

  1. you (plural)

Inflection

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Proto-Germanic personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative/instr possessive
singular first person *ek
(unstressed *ik)
*mek
(unstressed *mik)
*miz *mīnaz
second person *þū *þek
(unstressed *þik)
*þiz *þīnaz
dual first person *wet
(unstressed *wit)
*unk *unkiz *unkeraz
second person *jut, *jit *inkw *inkwiz *inkweraz
plural first person *wīz
(unstressed *wiz)
*uns *unsiz *unseraz
second person *jūz, *jīz *izwiz *izwiz *izweraz
reflexive (*se-) *sek
(unstressed *sik)
*siz *sīnaz

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*jūz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275