Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wiːz/

Pronoun

*wīz

we

Inflection

Proto-Germanic personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	ek (unstr. ik)	*þū	(*se-)
accusative	mek (unstr. mik)	þek (unstr. þik)	sek (unstr. sik)
dative/instr	*miz	*þiz	*siz
possessive	*mīnaz	*þīnaz	*sīnaz
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	wet (unstr. wit)	jut, jit	(*se-)
accusative	*unk	*inkw	sek (unstr. sik)
dative/instr	*unkiz	*inkwiz	*siz
possessive	*unkeraz	*inkweraz	*sīnaz
plural	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	wīz (unstr. wiz)	jūz, jīz	(*se-)
accusative	*uns	*izwiz	sek (unstr. sik)
dative/instr	*unsiz	*izwiz	*siz
possessive	*unseraz	*izweraz	*sīnaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wiʀ
- Old English: wē, wæ; ƿē
  - Middle English: we, whe, ve, woe, wue, weo, wæ, hwe, vue, huue
    - English: we
      - Jamaican Creole: wi
      - Sranan Tongo: wi
    - Scots: we, wee, wa
    - Yola: wough, wee, we, wu, w'
- Old Frisian: wī
  - North Frisian: wi, wü
  - Saterland Frisian: wie
  - West Frisian: wy
- Old Saxon: wī
  - Middle Low German: wî, wy
    - Dutch Low Saxon: wi
    - German Low German: wi, wî
      Plautdietsch: wie
- Old Dutch: wī
  - Middle Dutch: wi
    - Dutch: wij
- Old High German: wir
  - Middle High German: wir
    - Bavarian:
      - Cimbrian: biar, bar
      - Mòcheno: biar
    - German: wir
    - ⇒ Middle High German: mir
      - Alemannic German: mir, mier
      - Bavarian: mia
      - German: mir (dialectal)
      - Hunsrik: meer
      - Luxembourgish: mir, mer
      - Pennsylvania German: mer
      - Yiddish: מיר‎ (mir)
Proto-Norse: *ᚹᛁᛉ (*wiʀ)
- Old West Norse: vér, vær, mér; *wīʀ
  - Icelandic: vér, vær
  - Faroese: vær
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: me (< mér < erum vér)
  - Westrobothnian: ve
- Old East Norse: *wīʀ
  - Elfdalian: wįr
  - Old Swedish: vīr, vī
    - Swedish: vi
    - → Norwegian: vi
  - Old Danish: wii, wi
    - Danish: vi
      - Norwegian Bokmål: vi
        → Norwegian Nynorsk: vi
- Old Gutnish: wir
  - Gutnish: výr
Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (weis)