Etymology

your

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Today it means: Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner). Full definition →

Middle English your ← Old English ēower ← Proto-West Germanic *iuwar
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*izweraz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*iuwar
  3. Old English · inherited fromēower
  4. Middle English · inherited fromyour
  5. English todayyour

From Middle English your, youre, ȝour, ȝoure, from Old English ēower, īower (“your”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jou (“your”), Dutch jouw (“your”), German Low German jo, jos (“your”), German euer (“your”, plural), Danish jeres (“your”).

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