Where does “ve” come from?
ve (Italian) comes from Italian vi, from Latin ibi, from Proto-Italic iðei, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.
ve (Italian): Alternative form of vi
Ancestry of “ve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | vi | second-person personal plural object pronoun:... |
| 2 | Latin | ibi | in that place, there; then, thereupon; dative... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | iðei | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | éy | the; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁e- | — |