gij

Meaning

(colloquial, dialectal) you
(archaic, literary) thou, ye

jullie u

εσείς

vosotros

εσύ

vos

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣɛi̯/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

Inherited from Old Dutch

Cognate with Low German

Cognate with English

Cognate with German

In summary

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 *yúHs. Doublet of jij. Compare also Low German ji, jie, English ye, German ihr.

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