Where does “wijlui” come from?
wijlui (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.
wijlui (Dutch): First-person plural personal pronoun ; we
Definitions
- First-person plural personal pronoun ; we
Ancestry of “wijlui”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | wij | the first-person plural personal pronoun; refers... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | wi | we |
| 3 | Old Dutch | wī | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wiʀ | we |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wīz | we |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |