Where does “US” come from?
US (German) comes from English US, from Middle English us, from Old English ūs, from Proto-Germanic uns, from Proto-Indo-European n̥smé, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
Ancestry of “US”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | US | Initialism of unconditioned stimulus;... |
| 2 | Middle English | us | First-person plural accusative pronoun: us;... |
| 3 | Old English | ūs | us |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | uns | accusative of *wīz; us |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥smé | us |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |