*wīz

Runic: ᚹᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwiːz/

pronoun

Meanings

we

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

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Descendants

  • *wiʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wī (Old Dutch)
      • wi (Middle Dutch)
        • wij, we (Dutch)
          • wy (Afrikaans)
          • wāi (Jersey Dutch)
          • wellie (Negerhollands)
  • *wiʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wē, wœ̄, wæ, ƿē (Old English)
      • we, ve, whe, huue, hwe, vue, wæ, weo, woe, wue (Middle English)
        • we, oo (Scots)
        • wough, wu, wee, we, w' (Yola)
  • *wiʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wē, wœ̄, wæ, ƿē (Old English)
      • we, ve, whe, huue, hwe, vue, wæ, weo, woe, wue (Middle English)
        • we (English)
          • wi (Jamaican Creole)
          • wi (Sranan Tongo)
  • *wiʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wī, wē (Old Frisian)
      • wi, wü (North Frisian)
      • wie (Saterland Frisian)
      • wy (West Frisian)
  • *wiʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wir (Old High German)
      • wir (Middle High German)
        • wir (German)
  • *wiʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wir (Old High German)
      • wir (Middle High German)
        • ? (Bavarian)
          • biar, bar (Cimbrian)
          • biar (Mòcheno)
  • *wiʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wir (Old High German)
      • wir (Middle High German)
        • mir (Middle High German)
          • mir, mier (Alemannic German)
          • mia (Bavarian)
          • mir (German)
          • meer (Hunsrik)
          • mir, mer (Luxembourgish)
          • mer (Pennsylvania German)
          • מיר (mir) (Yiddish)
  • *wiʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wī (Old Saxon)
      • wî (Middle Low German)
        • wir (Low German)
          • wi (Dutch Low Saxon)
          • wi (German Low German)
  • *ᚹᛁᛉ (*wiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • *wīʀ (Old East Norse)
      • wįr (Elfdalian)
  • *ᚹᛁᛉ (*wiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • *wīʀ (Old East Norse)
      • wii, wi (Old Danish)
        • vi (Danish)
          • vi (Norwegian Bokmål)
            • vi (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *ᚹᛁᛉ (*wiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • *wīʀ (Old East Norse)
      • vīr, vī, ᚠᛁᚱ (Old Swedish)
        • vi (Norwegian)
        • vi (Swedish)
  • *ᚹᛁᛉ (*wiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • wir (Old Gutnish)
      • výr (Gutnish)
  • *ᚹᛁᛉ (*wiʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • vér, vær, mér, *wīʀ (Old West Norse)
      • vær (Faroese)
      • vér, vær (Icelandic)
      • me (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (weis) (Gothic)

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