Where does “vosoutros” come from?

vosoutros (Galician) comes from Galician vós, from Old Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs, from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic wōs, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

vosoutros (Galician): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “vosoutros”, step by step

vosoutros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician vós

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianvósyou; thou
2Old Portuguesevos
3Latinvōsyou, ye, you all
4Old Latinvōs
5Proto-Italicwōsyou
6Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

via Galician outros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianoutrosother, another
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHsEvery word from Proto-Italic wōsEvery word from Old Latin vōs