Where does “we” come from?
we (Middle English) comes from Old English wē, from Proto-West Germanic wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic wīz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
we (Middle English): First-person plural pronoun: we; First-person...
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- First-person plural pronoun: we; First-person...
Ancestry of “we”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | wē | we |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | wiʀ | we |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wīz | we |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |