Where does “nin” come from?
nin (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.
nin (Esperanto): accusative of ni
Ancestry of “nin”, 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 |