Where does “we” come from?

we (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian wī, from Proto-West Germanic wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic wīz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

we (North Frisian): we first-person plural personal pronoun

Definitions

  1. we first-person plural personal pronoun

Ancestry of “we”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianwīwe
2Proto-West Germanicwiʀwe
3Proto-Germanicwīzwe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīz →