Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uns

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uns/

Pronoun

*uns

1. accusative of *wīz

Descendants

• Old English: ūs
  • Middle English: us, ous, os, hus, usse, hous
    • English: us
    • Scots: us, hus
    • Yola: ouse, ouz, uz
• Old Frisian: ūs
  • North Frisian:

    Most dialects: üs

    Sylt: üüs

  • Saterland Frisian: uus
  • West Frisian: ús
• Old Saxon: ūs
  • Middle Low German: uns, ûs
    • German Low German: uns
• Old Dutch: uns
  • Middle Dutch: ons
    • Dutch: ons
      • Afrikaans: ons
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: ensi
      • Jersey Dutch: on̈s, on̈ns
      • Negerhollands: ons, oṅ
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: ons
    • Limburgish: ós
    • Zealandic: oôns
• Old High German: uns
  • Middle High German: uns
    • Alemannic German: öis, insch
    • German: uns
    • Luxembourgish: eis
    • Mòcheno: ens
    • ⇒ Cimbrian: izàndarn
• Old Norse: oss
  • Icelandic: oss
  • Faroese: os, oss
  • Norn:

    Orkney: vus

    Shetland: wus

  • Norwegian: oss
  • Dalian: wóss, vôss, ôss, våss, uôss, wåss, wôss, huoss
    • Elfdalian: uoss
  • Old Swedish: oss
    • Swedish: oss
  • Scanian: váss
  • Old Danish: os, us
    • Danish: os
  • Gutnish: våss
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍃 (uns)