dij
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch die, from Old Dutch *thio, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą. Compare West Frisian tsjea, English thigh, Icelandic þjó.
The expected modern form would be *die. The diphthongised form may have originated in the plural, where Middle Dutch dien could easily become dîen. Note the variant knijen for knieën in Early Modern Dutch. In the case of dij, the diphthong was likely reinforced by desire to avoid homophony with die (pronoun).
Noun edit
dij f (plural dijen, diminutive dijtje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: dy
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch dî, from Old Dutch thī, from Proto-Germanic *þiz.
Pronoun edit
dij
Related terms edit
Dutch Low Saxon edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sa. See Dutch die.
Pronoun edit
dij
Pite Sami edit
Etymology edit
Cognates include Northern Sami dii and Skolt Sami tij.
Pronoun edit
dij
Declension edit
Inflection of dij
See also edit
Pite Sami personal pronouns
References edit
- Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press