Where does “wij” come from?

wij (Dutch) comes 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.

wij (Dutch): the first-person plural personal pronoun; refers...

Definitions

  1. the first-person plural personal pronoun; refers...

Ancestry of “wij”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchwiwe
2Old Dutchwīwe
3Proto-West Germanicwiʀwe
4Proto-Germanicwīzwe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “wij”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīz →
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