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Where does “wi” come from?

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

Ancestry of “wi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwiʀwe
2Proto-Germanicwīzwe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “wi”

  • wy
  • wi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →