Where does “ni” come from?
ni (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish I, from Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.
ni (Swedish): you
Ancestry of “ni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | I | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | í | in |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |