Where does “os” come from?

os (Middle English) comes from Middle English us, from Old English ūs, from Proto-Germanic uns, from Proto-Indo-European n̥smé, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

os (Middle English): Alternative form of us

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of us

Ancestry of “os”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishusFirst-person plural accusative pronoun: us;...
2Old Englishūsus
3Proto-Germanicunsaccusative of *wīz; us
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥sméus
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →