Etymograph

English

your

Your comes from Middle English your, from Old English ēower, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *izweraz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*izweraz1‘your’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*iuwar1‘your’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150ēower1
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500your1
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1611your1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English your
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*izwerazWiktionary, English your‘your’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*iuwarWiktionary, English your‘your’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150ēowerWiktionary, English your
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500yourWiktionary, English your
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1611yourWiktionary, English your. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not…”

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Today it means

det Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “your”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *izweraz / your