English

your

/jɔː(ɹ)/
Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).

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    Origin

    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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    • inheritedMiddle Englishyour
      • inheritedOld Englishēower
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*iuwar
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*izweraz

    Related: Saterland Frisian jou, Dutch jouw, German Low German jo, German euer, Danish jeres

    Words built on it: your&, yourself

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