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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUSInitialism of unconditioned stimulus;...
2Middle EnglishusFirst-person plural accusative pronoun: us;...
3Old Englishūsus
4Proto-Germanicunsaccusative of *wīz; us
5Proto-Indo-Europeann̥sméus
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “US”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →