Where does “one” come from?

one (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic ony, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en — there.

one (Serbo-Croatian): they; nonvirile third-person plural pronoun, used for all groups not containing men

Definitions

  1. they; nonvirile third-person plural pronoun, used for all groups not containing men

Ancestry of “one”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviconythey; feminine plural of *onъ; feminine plural of...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enthere
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en →Every word from Proto-Slavic ony →