our
English
/ˈaʊə(ɹ)/, /ɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈaʊɚ/, /ɑɹ/, /æɔ(ə)/, /ɑː/
determiner
Definitions
- Belonging to us.
- Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker.
- (Northern England) Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English oure inherited from Old English ūre inherited from Proto-Germanic *unseraz (our, of us) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, *n̥-s-ero- (our).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wéy, *n̥-s-ero-
Gloss
our
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Other
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ours English
- ourself English
- wor English
- *nossus Latin
- noster Latin
- Unserdeutsch German
- unser German
- unsereiner German
- unsrige German
- onze Dutch, Flemish
- *n̥s-ero- Proto-Indo-European
- *wéy, *n̥-s-ero- Proto-Indo-European
- *unseraz Proto-Germanic
- ure Old English
- user Old English
- ūre Old English
- hour Middle English
- our Middle English
- oure Middle English
- oures Middle English
- várr Old Norse
- fadervor Danish
- vor Danish
- nosos Galician
- unsēr Old High German
- onse Afrikaans
- unser Middle High German
- 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- *unsar gmw-pro
- unsa Old Dutch
- ünsar Cimbrian
- usa Old Saxon
- usar Old Saxon
- öise Alemannic German
- *nosteros Proto-Italic
- nuestru Asturian
- oor Scots
- ús Western Frisian
- ūser, ūse Old Frisian
- nuester Dalmatian
- muestro Ladino
- מואישטרו Ladino
- nostro Istriot
- oore Yola
- awa Nigerian Pidgin