Where does “my” come from?

my (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch mij, from Middle Dutch mi, from Old Dutch mī, from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic miz, from Proto-Indo-European (e)me- — 1st person.

my (Afrikaans): me; my; of me

Definitions

  1. me; my; of me

Ancestry of “my”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmijme; first-person singular objective personal pronoun
2Middle Dutchmiaccusative/dative of ic
3Old Dutchmī—
4Proto-West Germanic*miʀ—
5Proto-Germanicmizdative/instrumental of *ek
6Proto-Indo-European(e)me-1st person
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (e)me- →Every word from Proto-Germanic miz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ →