ThisProto-West Germanic entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence.

FromProto-Germanic*wīz.

*wiʀ^[1]

1. we (all)

• Old English:wē,wœ̄ —Northumbrian,wæ,ƿē
  • Middle English:we,ve,whe,huue,hwe,vue,wæ(Early Middle English),weo,woe,wue(Southwest Midlands)
    • English:we
      • Jamaican Creole:wi
      • Sranan Tongo:wi
    • Scots:we,oo
    • Yola:wough,wu,wee,we,w'
• Old Frisian:wī,wē
  • North Frisian:wi,wü
  • Saterland Frisian:wie
  • West Frisian:wy
• Old Saxon:wī
  • Middle Low German:wî
    • Low German:wir
      • Dutch Low Saxon:wi
      • German Low German:wi

        Plautdietsch:wie

• Old Dutch:wī
  • Middle Dutch:wi
    • Dutch:wij,we(muted)
      • Afrikaans:wy
      • Jersey Dutch:wāi
      • Negerhollands:wellie
• Old High German:wir
  • Middle High German:wir
    • Bavarian:
      • Cimbrian:biar,bar(Sette Comuni)
      • 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)

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