yode

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*h₁ey-“go”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gāną“to go”
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*ijj-
4. Old English · inherited fromēode
5. Middle English · inherited fromyode
6. English todayyode

From Middle English yode, variant of yede, from Old English ēode, from Proto-Germanic *ijj-, a suppletive past tense form to Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), and further from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“go”). Cognate with Latin eō (“go”), Russian идти (idti, “go”). The modern pronunciation (for expected /juːd/, /jʊd/) is likely a spelling pronunciation, though influence from the vowel of go is also possible.

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