Where does “my” come from?

my (Silesian) comes from Old Polish my, from Proto-Slavic my, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

my (Silesian): first-person plural pronoun; we

Definitions

  1. first-person plural pronoun; we

Ancestry of “my”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishmywe; first person plural
2Proto-Slavicmywe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéyEvery word from Proto-Slavic my