Compound of *ju (“already”, adverb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-, accusative of *h₂óyu (“long time”) and the Proto-Germanic *ta (“to, towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *do.[1][2]
*juta
- yet
- Proto-West Germanic: *jūta
- Old English: ġīet, ġīt, ġȳt, ġēt
- Old Dutch: *jit
- Old High German: iozuo (alternatively a new formation from io + zuo)
- Middle High German: iezuo, ieze, iez
- Cimbrian: et
- East Central German: itze
- German: jetzt, itz, itzt, izt, itzo, ietzo, itzund, jtzt, jezt, jetzund, jetzunder, jetzo, ytzt, yetzt, jez, jetz, jz, jzt, jetze
- Yiddish: איצט (itst)
- ^ Anatoly Liberman, An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction, s.v. “yet” (Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2008), xlvi.
- ^ Marlies Philippa et al., eds., Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands, A-Z, s.v. “ooit” (Amsterdam UP, 3 Dec. 2009): [1]