Where does “wir” come from?

wir (Middle High German) comes from Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic wīz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

wir (Middle High German): we: nominative plural of ich

Definitions

  1. we: nominative plural of ich

Ancestry of “wir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwirwe
2Proto-West Germanicwiʀwe
3Proto-Germanicwīzwe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “wir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīz →