Where does “eis” come from?

eis (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German uns, from Proto-Germanic uns, from Proto-Indo-European n̥smé, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

eis (Luxembourgish): first-person plural, accusative: us; first-person...

Definitions

  1. first-person plural, accusative: us; first-person...

Ancestry of “eis”, step by step

eis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German uns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanuns—
2Proto-Germanicunsaccusative of *wīz; us
3Proto-Indo-Europeann̥sméus
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Proto-Germanic unseraz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicunserazour, ours; 1st person plural possessive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥smé →Every word from Proto-Germanic uns →