we
Middle English
/weː/, /wɛː/
pronoun
Definitions
- First-person plural pronoun: we
- First-person plural accusative pronoun: us
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wē (we) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wīz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (we).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wéy
Gloss
we
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- we English
- weism English
- whenwe English
- *wéy Proto-Indo-European
- *wéy- Proto-Indo-European
- *wīz Proto-Germanic
- wē Old English
- vue Middle English
- wæ Middle English
- vér Old Norse
- vír Old Norse
- *my Proto-Slavic
- wir Old High German
- 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *wiʀ gmw-pro
- wi Old Dutch
- wī Old Dutch
- wi Old Saxon
- *nōs Proto-Italic
- wi Old Frisian
- wī Old Frisian
- wes Tocharian B
- wi Sranan Tongo
- wi Jamaican Creole