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English word am comes from Proto-Indo-European *wes-, and later Proto-Germanic *wesaną (To consume, feast To be. To exist. To remain.)

*wes- (Proto-Indo-European)

fat, moisture, to dress, stab, to stick, prick, pierce, sting, moist, wet

*wesaną (Proto-Germanic)

To consume, feast To be. To exist. To remain.

*h₁ésmi (Proto-Indo-European)

*h₂wes- (Proto-Indo-European)

*h₁ésti (Proto-Indo-European)

To be.

*h₂wéseti (Proto-Indo-European)

To dwell, remain.

*izmi (Proto-Germanic)

eom (Old English)

em (Middle English)

am (English)

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