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זענט

זענט
זײַט, זײַנט
'are (you)' (2nd person plural of [[זײַן 1]])

ETYMOLOGY

I. Proto-Yiddish ✱; Proto-EY ✱; from MHG si̊t; cf. NHG seid.
Protovowel .
II. MHG si̊t; OHG birut.
III. The verb 'to be' in Germanic languages is suppletive, combining forms from three different PIE verbs. The forms זענט and זײַט (MHG  si̊t) are from PIE root ✱es- 'to be'.

WESTERN

Alsace (France)

vohɛˑʁ- sɩnəʁ- וואָהער זענט איר {ALSACE, 47075 Mulhouse, 003-030}