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