Where does “e” come from?

e (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse ér, from Old Norse es, from Proto-Germanic īz, from Proto-Indo-European ís — this, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun).

e (Norwegian Nynorsk): Apocopic form of er, present of vera

Definitions

  1. Apocopic form of er, present of vera

Ancestry of “e”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseér"nom. pl." to ‘þú’, ye
2Old Norseesthat; is; as
3Proto-Germanicīzhe, she, it, they; 3rd person personal pronoun
4Proto-Indo-Europeanísthis, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun)

Words derived from “e”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ís →Every word from Proto-Germanic īz →Every word from Old Norse es →