Where does “us” come from?

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

us (Middle English): First-person plural accusative pronoun: us;...

Definitions

  1. First-person plural accusative pronoun: us;...

Ancestry of “us”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishūsus
2Proto-Germanicunsaccusative of *wīz; us
3Proto-Indo-Europeann̥sméus
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “us”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →