Where does “nia” come from?
nia (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ni, from Italian noi, from Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic nōs, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
nia (Esperanto): our
Ancestry of “nia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | ni | we; ourselves |
| 2 | Italian | noi | we; us |
| 3 | Latin | nōs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | nōs | we |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |