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Where does “uns” come from?

uns (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic uns, from Proto-Indo-European n̥smé, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Ancestry of “uns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicunsaccusative of *wīz; us
2Proto-Indo-Europeann̥sméus
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “uns”

  • オンス
  • ons
  • ons
  • ons
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →