us
Middle English
pronoun
Definitions
- First-person plural accusative pronoun: us.
- (reflexive) ourselves.
- (reciprocal) each other.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ūs (us) inherited from Proto-Germanic *uns (us) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ne- (not, no).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ne-
Gloss
not, no
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- us English
- usie English
- usness English
- usself English
- ussie English
- usward English
- *ne- Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥s Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥smé Proto-Indo-European
- *uns Proto-Germanic
- us Old English
- ūs Old English
- oss Old Norse
- uns Old High German
- eis Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- uns Old Dutch
- ūs Old Saxon
- us Old Frisian
- ūs Old Frisian