Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/juta

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Compound of *ju (“already”, adverb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-, accusative of *h₂óyu (“long time”) and the Proto-Germanic *ta (“to, towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *do.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈju.tɑ/

Adverb

*juta(West Germanic)

yet

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *jūta
- Old English: ġīet, ġīt, ġȳt, ġēt
  - Middle English: yet, yit
    - English: yet
    - Scots: yet
- Old Dutch: *jit
- Old High German: iozuo (alternatively a new formation from io + zuo)
  - Middle High German: iezuo, ieze, iez
    - Cimbrian: et
    - East Central German: itze
    - German: jetzt, itz, itzt, izt, itzo, ietzo, itzund, jtzt, jezt, jetzund, jetzunder, jetzo, ytzt, yetzt, jez, jetz, jz, jzt, jtz, jetze
    - Yiddish: איצט (itst)

References

^ Anatoly Liberman, An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction, s.v. “yet” (Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2008), xlvi.
^ Marlies Philippa et al., eds., Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands, A-Z, s.v. “ooit” (Amsterdam UP, 3 Dec. 2009):

[1] Anatoly Liberman, An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction, s.v. “yet” (Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2008), xlvi.

[2] Marlies Philippa et al., eds., Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands, A-Z, s.v. “ooit” (Amsterdam UP, 3 Dec. 2009):