Where does “nōs” come from?

nōs (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

nōs (Proto-Italic): we

Definitions

  1. we

Ancestry of “nōs”, step by step

nōs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European wéy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Proto-Indo-European n̥smé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeann̥sméus

Words derived from “nōs

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy