Where does “uns” come from?

uns (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon ūs, from Proto-Germanic uns, from Proto-Indo-European n̥smé, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

uns (Middle Low German): us; our

Definitions

  1. us; our

Ancestry of “uns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonūs—
2Proto-Germanicunsaccusative of *wīz; us
3Proto-Indo-Europeann̥sméus
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥smé →Every word from Proto-Germanic uns →