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Proto-Indo-European [ edit ] Pronoun [ edit ] *wéy
we (more than two)Inflection [ edit ]
Andrew Sihler 's reconstruction
nominative
*we-i
accusative
*n̥smé *nō̆s
genitive
*n̥sóm ~ *nō̆s
ablative
*n̥sm-ét
dative
*n̥sm-éy ~ *nō̆s
Oblique pl. *n̥s- possibly continues earlier **m̥s- (same element of sg. oblique stem with pl. s). This n was made common to the whole paradigm, with even enclitic *nos for *mos, but the verb endings *-me(dʰh₂), *-mos(dʰh₂) were not disturbed.[1]
Donald Ringe 's reconstruction
nominative
*wéy
accusative
*n̥smé ~ *nos
genitive
? ~ *nos
dative
? ~ *nos
Alwin Kloekhorst 's reconstruction
Proto-Nuclear-Indo-European
nominative
*wey
accusative
*n̥s ~ *nōs (?)
genitive
?
dative
?
oblique
*n̥s- ~ *nos
Outer-Anatolian IE
nominative
*wey
oblique
*n̥s-
enclitic
*nos
Proto-Indo-European
nominative
?
accusative
?
oblique
?
Robert Beekes ' reconstruction
nominative
*wey
accusative
*n̥smé *nōs
genitive
*n̥s(er)o- ~ *nos
ablative
*n̥smed
dative
*n̥smey ~ *n̥s
locative
*n̥smi
instrumental
?
poss. adj.
*n̥sós
Frederik Kortlandt 's reconstruction
nominative
*we-
accusative
*n̥sme
genitive
*nos
ablative
*n̥smed
dative
*n̥smey
locative
*n̥smi
poss. adj.
*n̥sos
Michiel de Vaan 's reconstruction
nominative
*wey(s)
accusative
*nōs
genitive-locative
*nos /*nes
ablative
?
dative
?
poss. adj.
*ns-tero-s ?
Derived terms [ edit ] *méy ( Contamination with the first person plural verbal suffix and/or the 1st person singular object pronoun )
Balto-Slavic:
Latgalian: mes
Latvian: mēs
Lithuanian: mẽs
Old Prussian: mes
Proto-Slavic: *my see there for further descendants )
Armenian:
Iranian:
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئێمە ( ēma )
Northern Kurdish: em me oblique )
Southern Kurdish: ئیمە ( īma )
Old Persian: 𐎠𐎶𐎠𐎧𐎶 ( amāxam ) Middle Persian: pal ( amāh, amā ) , 𐭫𐭭𐭤 ( lnh )
Zazaki: ma *nōsyos
Unsorted formations:
Proto-Germanic: *wet *wit see there for further descendants )
Lithuanian: vedu
Proto-Slavic: *vě see there for further descendants ) Descendants [ edit ] Proto-Anatolian: *wéyes see there for further descendants )
Proto-Germanic: *wīz ( < *wéy-s ) see there for further descendants )
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wayám ( < *weyóm ) see there for further descendants )
Proto-Tocharian: *wes Tocharian A: was
Tocharian B: wes References [ edit ]
^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995 ) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin , Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN 374 Further reading [ edit ]
