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
Ancestry of “wir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | wir | we: nominative plural of ich |
| 2 | Old High German | wir | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | wiʀ | we |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wīz | we |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |