Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/iuwar

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *iwwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz.

Determiner

*iuwar

1. your, yours, of you (all)

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*iuwar
Genitive	*iuwaras
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*iuwar	*iuwaru	*iuwar
Accusative	*iuwaranā	*iuwarā	*iuwar
Genitive	*iuwaras	*iuwareʀā	*iuwaras
Dative	*iuwarumē	*iuwareʀē	*iuwarumē
Instrumental	*iuwaru	*iuwareʀu	*iuwaru
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*iuwarē	*iuwarō	*iuwaru
Accusative	*iuwarā	*iuwarā	*iuwaru
Genitive	*iuwareʀō	*iuwareʀō	*iuwareʀō
Dative	*iuwarēm, *iuwarum	*iuwarēm, *iuwarum	*iuwarēm, *iuwarum
Instrumental	*iuwarēm, *iuwarum	*iuwarēm, *iuwarum	*iuwarēm, *iuwarum

Proto-West Germanic personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*ik	*þū	-
accusative	*mik	*þik	*sik
dative	*miʀ	*þiʀ
possessive	*mīn	*þīn	*sīn
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wit	*jit	-
accusative	*unk	*inkw	*sik
dative
possessive	*unkar	*inkwar	*sīn
plural	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wiʀ	*jiʀ	-
accusative	*uns	*iwwi	*sik
dative
possessive	*unsar	*iuwar	*sīn

Descendants

• Old English: ēower, īower
  • Middle English: your, youre, yowr, yowre, ȝour, ȝoure, yowyr, yowur, yor, yur, yure, yeur, yhure, yhour, yhoure, ȝowyr, ȝowur, ȝor, ȝore, ȝur, ȝure, ȝiore, ȝhour, ȝhoure, ȝaure, ȝiure, ȝiwer, ȝeur, ȝeure, ȝeuer, ȝeuwer, ȝewer, ȝewere, gur, gure, giur, giure, giuor, giuer, giuwer, giwer, ihore, ihoire, iure, eour, eoure, eouer, eouwer, eouwere, eower, eowwer, eore, eur, eure, euwer, euwere, our, oure, or, ore, ouer, ouwer, ouwere, ower, owur, hour, æure
    • English: your (ya, yer, yo)
    • Scots: your (yer)
    • Yola: yer, ye
• Old Frisian: jūwe
  • West Frisian: jim
• Old Saxon: īuwar, gīuwar, euwar
  • Middle Low German: juwe
• Old Dutch: iuwa, *juwa
  • Middle Dutch: uwe, juwe, jouwe
    • Dutch: uw, jouw
      • Afrikaans: jou
• Old High German: iuwar
  • Middle High German: iuwer, iur, (Central German also) ūwer, ūr
    • Alemannic German: öie
    • Cimbrian: ôar
    • Central Franconian: ühr, ähr, eier, auer
      • Luxembourgish: är
    • German: euer
    • Yiddish: אײַער (ayer)