gij
Meaning
- (colloquial,dialectal) you
- (archaic,literary) thou, ye
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɣɛi̯/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gī, ghi, from Old Dutch gī, from Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *jīz, Northwest Germanic variant of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́. Doublet of jij. Compare also Low German ji, jie, English ye, German ihr.
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