ye
Middle English
/ˈjeː/, /ˈiː(ə)/
pronoun
Definitions
- Second-person plural pronoun: ye, you plural.
- (formal) second-person singular pronoun: you singular.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ġē (ye) inherited from Proto-Germanic *jūz (ye) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *yū́ (you).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yū́
Gloss
you
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
君
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ye English
- yea English
- yea-forsooth English
- yeasay English
- вы Russian
- *túh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *yūs Proto-Indo-European
- *yū́ Proto-Indo-European
- *iwwiz Proto-Germanic
- *izwiz Proto-Germanic
- *ja Proto-Germanic
- *jīz Proto-Germanic
- *jūz Proto-Germanic
- ge Old English
- giese Old English
- ġē Old English
- ġēa Old English
- ȝo, yeo, yaw, yo, io Middle English
- ér Old Norse
- ér, þér Old Norse
- ír, þér Old Norse
- þér Old Norse
- *vy Proto-Slavic
- ir Old High German
- դուք Old Armenian
- 𐌾𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *jiʀ gmw-pro
- *yúH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- gi Old Saxon
- gī Old Saxon
- *wōs Proto-Italic
- jī Old Frisian
- *ju(s) Proto-Albanian
- *ju-su Proto-Albanian
- *yu- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- 𐬫𐬏𐬲𐬆𐬨 Avestan
- gem-pro gmw