Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “(e)me-”

145 words across 59 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European (e)me- — including me, methinks, mee, meself, meseemeth, tiramisu, methinketh, readme.

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English (15)

French (14)

Bislama (11)

Old French (7)

Italian (6)

Spanish (6)

Latin (5)

Tok Pisin (4)

Aromanian (3)

Middle French (3)

Esperanto (3)

Haitian Creole (3)

Pijin (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Portuguese (3)

Mauritian Creole (3)

Middle Low German (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Catalan (2)

Japanese (2)

Romanian (2)

Middle English (2)

Old English (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Norman (2)

Dutch (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Istriot (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Middle High German (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Polish (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Emilian (1)

Korean (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Russian (1)

Chinese (1)

Friulian (1)

Ligurian (1)

Low German (1)

West Frisian (1)

Occitan (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Finnish (1)

Asturian (1)

Ido (1)

Alemannic German (1)

German (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Jamaican Creole (1)

Old High German (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European (e)me- — 145 descendants | Etymology Explorer