zij
Dutch (Brabantic)
/zɛi̯/, /zə/
pronoun
Definitions
- Third person singular feminine subject pronoun; she
- Third person plural subject pronoun; they
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch si, sī inherited from Old Dutch siu derived from Proto-Germanic *iz (he, it, they, she).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*iz
Gloss
he, it, they, she
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
彼
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arm Dutch, Flemish
- band Dutch, Flemish
- blad Dutch, Flemish
- bladzij Dutch, Flemish
- enkelzijbandmodulatie Dutch, Flemish
- kant Dutch, Flemish
- langs Dutch, Flemish
- langszij Dutch, Flemish
- lui Dutch, Flemish
- pad Dutch, Flemish
- rivier Dutch, Flemish
- span Dutch, Flemish
- tak Dutch, Flemish
- wiel Dutch, Flemish
- zijarm Dutch, Flemish
- zijband Dutch, Flemish
- zijkant Dutch, Flemish
- zijlui Dutch, Flemish
- zijpad Dutch, Flemish
- zijrivier Dutch, Flemish
- zijspan Dutch, Flemish
- zijspanwagen Dutch, Flemish
- zijtak Dutch, Flemish
- zijwaarts Dutch, Flemish
- zijwiel Dutch, Flemish
- zijzwaard Dutch, Flemish
- zwaard Dutch, Flemish
- *ís Proto-Indo-European
- *iz Proto-Germanic
- i- Old English
- si Middle Dutch
- si, sī Middle Dutch
- sidewaert Middle Dutch
- er Old High German
- sy Afrikaans
- si(e), si Middle High German
- 𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *iʀ gmw-pro
- sia Old Dutch
- siu Old Dutch
- se Cimbrian
- ze Cimbrian
- zi Cimbrian
- im Old Saxon
- sia Old Saxon
- siu Old Saxon
- sei Mòcheno
- ies Crimean Gothic