Where does “wy” come from?

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

wy (West Frisian): we

Definitions

  1. we

Ancestry of “wy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianwīwe
2Proto-West Germanicwiʀwe
3Proto-Germanicwīzwe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīz →