Where does “wir” come from?

wir (German) comes from Middle High German wir, from Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic wīz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

wir (German): we

Definitions

  1. we

Ancestry of “wir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwirwe: nominative plural of ich
2Old High Germanwirwe
3Proto-West Germanicwiʀwe
4Proto-Germanicwīzwe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīz →