Where does “mi” come from?
mi (Low German) comes from Middle Low German mî, from Old Saxon mī, from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic miz, from Proto-Indo-European (e)me- — 1st person.
mi (Low German): me
Ancestry of “mi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | mî | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | mī | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *miʀ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | miz | dative/instrumental of *ek |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (e)me- | 1st person |