Where does “we” come from?

we (Dutch) comes from Dutch wij, from Middle Dutch wi, from Old Dutch wī, from Proto-West Germanic wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic wīz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

we (Dutch): we

Definitions

  1. we

Ancestry of “we”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwijthe first-person plural personal pronoun; refers...
2Middle Dutchwiwe
3Old Dutchwīwe
4Proto-West Germanicwiʀwe
5Proto-Germanicwīzwe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
7Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīz →