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

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)