Where does “onse” come from?
onse (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch unsa, from Proto-Germanic unseraz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
onse (Middle Dutch): our
Ancestry of “onse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | unsa | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | unseraz | our, ours; 1st person plural possessive |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |