Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wiʀ

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wīz.

Pronoun

*wiʀ

1. we (all)

Inflection

Proto-West Germanic personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*ik	*þū	-
accusative	*mik	*þik	*sik
dative	*miʀ	*þiʀ
possessive	*mīn	*þīn	*sīn
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wit	*jit	-
accusative	*unk	*inkw	*sik
dative
possessive	*unkar	*inkwar	*sīn
plural	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	*wiʀ	*jiʀ	-
accusative	*uns	*iwwi	*sik
dative
possessive	*unsar	*iuwar	*sīn

Descendants

• Old English: wē, wœ̄; wæ; ƿē
  • Middle English: we, whe, ve, woe, wue, weo, wæ, vue, hwe, huue
    • English: we
      • Jamaican Creole: wi
      • Sranan Tongo: wi
    • Scots: we, oo
    • Yola: wough, wu, wee, we, 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)