us
English
/ʌs/, /ʌz/, /əs/, /əs/
pron
Definitions
- (personal) Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
- (UK) Me.
- (Northern England) Our.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English us inherited from Old English ūs (us) inherited from Proto-Germanic *uns (us) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ne- (not, no).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ne-
Gloss
not, no
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ounce English
- usie English
- usness English
- usself English
- ussie English
- usward English
- alter Latin
- nōs Latin
- noi Italian
- onderonsje Dutch, Flemish
- ons Dutch, Flemish
- nous French
- nos Spanish, Castilian
- *ne- Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥s Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥sme Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥smé Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥sméd, *n̥smé Proto-Indo-European
- *uns Proto-Germanic
- オンス Japanese
- us Old English
- ūs Old English
- अस्मद् Sanskrit
- अस्मान् Sanskrit
- us Middle English
- oss Old Norse
- os Danish
- nos Old French
- nous Old French
- nos Catalan, Valencian
- nós Catalan, Valencian
- noi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ons Middle Dutch
- uns Old High German
- ons Afrikaans
- uns Middle High German
- eis Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- uns Old Dutch
- nos Old Portuguese
- ūs Old Saxon
- noi Aromanian
- öis Alemannic German
- nos Occitan
- *nōs Proto-Italic
- nus Romansh
- nos Asturian
- nós Asturian
- nô Friulian
- *asmá Proto-Indo-Aryan
- us Old Frisian
- ūs Old Frisian
- nós Old Spanish
- nui Sicilian
- 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 Maharastri Prakrit
- noî Ligurian
- noi Dalmatian
- اسیں Panjabi, Punjabi
- ਅਸੀਂ Panjabi, Punjabi
- ens Mòcheno
- nos Sardinian
- üs North Frisian
- nui Istriot
- nuēter Emilian
- nuētri Emilian
- اسپا Khowar