Where does “mē” come from?

mē (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic miz, from Proto-Indo-European (e)me- — 1st person.

mē (Old English): me

Definitions

  1. me

Ancestry of “mē”, step by step

mē traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *miʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*miʀ—
2Proto-Germanicmizdative/instrumental of *ek
3Proto-Indo-European(e)me-1st person

via Germanic *miz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*miz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanméin the middle of, near, by, around, with

Words derived from “mē”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (e)me- →Every word from Proto-Germanic miz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ →