Where does “us” come from?
us (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic uns, from Proto-Indo-European n̥smé, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
us (Old Frisian): us
Ancestry of “us”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | uns | accusative of *wīz; us |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥smé | us |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |