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
- "first-person singular, dative": me, to me;...
Ancestry of “mir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | mir | me: dative singular of ich |
| 2 | Old High German | mir | me |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *miʀ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | miz | dative/instrumental of *ek |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (e)me- | 1st person |