Compound of*ju(“already”,adverb), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂yew-, accusative of*h₂óyu(“long time”) and the Proto-Germanic*ta(“to, towards”), fromProto-Indo-European*do.[1][2]
*juta(West Germanic)
- yet
- Proto-West Germanic:*jūta
- Old English:ġīet,ġīt,ġȳt,ġēt
- Old Dutch:*jit
- Middle Dutch:oit(speculative asio +*jit leaving initial o- unexplained)
- Old High German:iozuo(alternatively a new formation fromio +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)
- ^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]
