Where does “mi” come from?

mi (Fala) comes from Old Portuguese mi, from Latin mihi, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

mi (Fala): First person singular prepositional pronoun; me

Definitions

  1. First person singular prepositional pronoun; me

Ancestry of “mi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemi—
2Latinmihidative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me
3LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
4Proto-ItalicegōI
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Latin egō →