Where does “we” come from?
We descends from Old English wēa, from Proto-Germanic wīz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, ultimately from the root éǵh₂ meaning to drive or move.
we (English): The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and...
Definitions
- The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and...
Ancestry of “we”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | we | First-person plural pronoun: we; First-person... |
| 2 | Old English | wē | we |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | wiʀ | we |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wīz | we |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |