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
Ancestry of “my”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | mij | objective form of ik : me |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | mi | accusative/dative of ic |
| 3 | Old Dutch | mī | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *miʀ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | miz | dative/instrumental of *ek |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (e)me- | 1st person |