Where does “ve” come from?

ve (Middle English) comes from Middle English we, from Old English wē, from Proto-West Germanic wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic wīz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ve (Middle English): Alternative form of we

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of we

Ancestry of “ve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishweFirst-person plural pronoun: we; First-person...
2Old Englishwēwe
3Proto-West Germanicwiʀwe
4Proto-Germanicwīzwe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīz →