Where does “mir” come from?

mir (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German mir, from Old High German mir, from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic miz, from Proto-Indo-European (e)me- — 1st person.

mir (Luxembourgish): "first-person singular, dative": me, to me;...

Definitions

  1. "first-person singular, dative": me, to me;...

Ancestry of “mir”, step by step

mir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German mir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmirme: dative singular of ich
2Old High Germanmirme
3Proto-West Germanic*miʀ—
4Proto-Germanicmizdative/instrumental of *ek
5Proto-Indo-European(e)me-1st person

via Old High German wir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwirwe
2Proto-West Germanicwiʀwe
3Proto-Germanicwīzwe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (e)me- →Every word from Proto-Germanic miz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ →