Where does “ni” come from?

ni (Esperanto) comes from Italian noi, from Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic nōs, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ni (Esperanto): we; ourselves

Definitions

  1. we; ourselves

Ancestry of “ni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannoiwe; us
2Latinnōswe, us
3Proto-Italicnōswe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “ni”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Italic nōs →