Where does “wiʀ” come from?

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

wiʀ (Proto-West Germanic): we

Definitions

  1. we

Ancestry of “wiʀ”, step by step

wiʀ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic wīz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwīzwe
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Proto-Germanic *wīz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*wīz—

Words derived from “wiʀ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīz →