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
Ancestry of “ni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | noi | we; us |
| 2 | Latin | nōs | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | nōs | we |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |