us
Old English
/uːs/
pronoun form
Definitions
- (inflection of) wē: (to) us
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *uns (us) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *n̥s.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*n̥s
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ounce English
- alter Latin
- alteras Latin
- alteros Latin
- nos Latin
- nosmet Latin
- nīs Latin
- onderonsje Dutch, Flemish
- ons Dutch, Flemish
- nos Spanish, Castilian
- *ne- Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥s Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥smé Proto-Indo-European
- *uns Proto-Germanic
- oss Swedish
- voss Swedish
- オンス Japanese
- ūs Old English
- oss Old Norse
- os Danish
- nos Old French
- oss Icelandic
- ons Middle Dutch
- uns Old High German
- ons Afrikaans
- uns Middle High German
- eis Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- uns Old Dutch
- uns Middle Low German
- ūs Old Saxon
- *nōs Proto-Italic
- noaltris Friulian
- ús Western Frisian
- us Old Frisian
- ūs Old Frisian
- ūser, ūse Old Frisian
- üs North Frisian
- nuje Neapolitan
- noi Corsican
- nos Aragonese
- nusatras Aragonese
- nusatros Aragonese
- váss Scanian