FromProto-Celtic*swīs (compareBretonc’hwi,Welshchi,Old Irishsíi), fromProto-Indo-European*wos.
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| number | person | independent (subject) | suffixed | infixed | possessive (dependent) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| enclitic | emphatic | reduced | ||||||
| singular | first | my | vy | evy | ma,a | 'm | owA | |
| second | ty | jy,sy1 | tejy | ta,a | 'thM | dhaS | ||
| third2 | m | ev | ev | eev | va,a | 'n | yS | |
| f | hi | hi | hyhi | — | 's | hyA | ||
| plural | first | ni | ni | nyni | 'gan,'n | agan,'gan | ||
| second3 | hwi | hwi | hwyhwi | 'gas,'s | agas,'gas | |||
| third | i | i | ynsi | 's | agaA,'gaA | |||
1 Uncommon.
2hun andins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
3 Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.
S Triggerssoft mutationA Triggersaspirate mutationM Triggersmixed mutation
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hwī
FromProto-Germanic*hwī(“with what”).
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