Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wéy

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Nominative plural of *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

*wéy

1. we

Derived Terms

• Unsorted formations
  • Proto-Germanic: *wet (see there for further descendants)
  • Lithuanian: vedu
  • Proto-Slavic: *vě (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• Proto-Anatolian: *wéyes (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *wīz (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wayám (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Tocharian: *wes
  • Tocharian A: was
  • Tocharian B: wes

References

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 416