Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jit

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jut.

Pronoun

*jit

1. you two

Inflection

Proto-West Germanic personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*ik	*þū	-
accusative	*mik	*þik	*sik
dative	*miʀ	*þiʀ
possessive	*mīn	*þīn	*sīn
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wit	*jit	-
accusative	*unk	*inkw	*sik
dative
possessive	*unkar	*inkwar	*sīn
plural	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wiʀ	*jiʀ	-
accusative	*uns	*iwwi	*sik
dative
possessive	*unsar	*iuwar	*sīn

Descendants

• Old English: ġit
  • Middle English: ȝit
• Old Frisian: *it, *jit
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: jat

    Sylt: at

• Old Saxon: git
• Old Dutch: *git, *it
  • Bergish: et, get, git, it
• Old High German: *iz
  • Middle High German: ëz
    • Bavarian: es
    • Yiddish: עץ (ets) (Poylish)