Where does “ouren” come from?

ouren (Middle English) comes from Middle English oure, from Old English ūr, from Proto-West Germanic ūr, from Proto-Germanic ūraz, from Proto-Indo-European ūsr- — aurochs; buffalo.

ouren (Middle English): First-person plural genitive pronoun: ours

Definitions

  1. First-person plural genitive pronoun: ours

Ancestry of “ouren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishoureour; my, mine; aurochs
2Old Englishūraurochs
3Proto-West Germanicūraurochs
4Proto-Germanicūrazaurochs
5Proto-Indo-Europeanūsr-aurochs; buffalo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ūsr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ūr →
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