yet

yet · adverb, conjunction¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*do
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*ta“to, towards”
3. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂yew-
4. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*juta
5. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*jūta
6. Old English · inherited fromġīet
7. Middle English · inherited fromyet
8. English todayyet

Inherited from Middle English yet, yit, from Old English ġīet, gȳta, from Proto-West Germanic *jūta, from Proto-Germanic *juta (compare West Frisian jit, jitte (“yet”), Dutch ooit (“ever”), German jetzt (“now”)), compound of (1) *ju (“already”, adverb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-, accusative of *h₂óyu (“long time”) and (2) the Proto-Germanic *ta (“to, towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *do. More at aye and -th.

yet · verb, noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰewd-“to pour”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*geutaną“to flow, pour”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*geutan
4. Old English · inherited fromġēotan“to flow, pour”
5. Middle English · inherited fromyeten
6. English todayyet

Inherited from Middle English yeten, from Old English ġēotan (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots yat (“to pour, yet”), West Frisian jitte (“to scatter, shed, pour”), Dutch gieten (“to pour, cast, mould”), German gießen (“to pour, cast, mould”), Swedish gjuta (“to pour, cast”). Doublet of yote.

yet · verb³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰed-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*getaną
3. Old English · inherited fromġietan
4. Middle English · inherited fromyeten
5. English todayyet

Inherited from Middle English yeten, ȝeten, from Old English ġietan, from Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-. More at get.

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