Where does “vosu” come from?

vosu (Fala) comes from Old Portuguese vosso, from Latin vossus, from Latin voster, from Latin vester, from Proto-Italic westeros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

vosu (Fala): Second-person plural possessive determiner; your

Definitions

  1. Second-person plural possessive determiner; your

Ancestry of “vosu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesevosso—
2Latinvossus—
3LatinvosterAlternative form of vester; your, plural...
4Latinvesteryour, yours, of you
5Proto-Italicwesterosyour
6Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Proto-Italic westeros →Every word from Latin vester →