Where does “wi” come from?

wi (Low German) comes from Middle Low German wi, from Old Saxon wī, from Proto-West Germanic wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic wīz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Ancestry of “wi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwiwe; Alternative form of wê
2Old Saxonwīwe
3Proto-West Germanicwiʀwe
4Proto-Germanicwīzwe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “wi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīz →