wy

Lower Sorbian

/wɨ/

pronoun
Definitions
  • you plural and formal

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vy inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wos.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wos

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

  • вы Russian
  • *wos Proto-Indo-European
  • *yū́ Proto-Indo-European
  • wy Polish
  • वस् Sanskrit
  • *vy Proto-Slavic
  • vy Czech
  • *swiswis Proto-Celtic
  • *swīs Proto-Celtic
  • вие Macedonian
  • *was Proto-Indo-Iranian
  • vi Slovene
  • вꙑ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
  • wy Upper Sorbian
  • вы Rusyn