Words that come from Proto-Germanic “uns”

97 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-Germanic uns — including us, US, Ossian, Ossianic, usward, usness, Ossianesque, ussie.

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English (20)

Irish (11)

Swedish (10)

Old Norse (6)

German (5)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Icelandic (3)

Dutch (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Finnish (2)

Spanish (2)

Middle English (2)

Old English (2)

Chavacano (2)

Fala (2)

West Frisian (1)

Danish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Galician (1)

Scanian (1)

Japanese (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Hindi (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Asturian (1)

Latin (1)

Middle High German (1)

Old High German (1)

Ladino (1)

Romanian (1)

Yola (1)

Translingual (1)