Part of speech: adverb
formerly, earlier, before; of old (also ȝío, íu)
Etymology
[← Prot-Germ *ju; Goth ju “aleady; yet”; O Sax ju “aleady”; OHG jū “aleady” ← Indo-Europ *i-; O Prus iau “aleady”; Lith jaũ “aleady”; O Slav оу “aleady”, also оуже (Russ уже “aleady”]
