English word me comes from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-n-, Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (I (first-person pronoun).), Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂om, Proto-Indo-European *me (In the middle of, near, by, around, with.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*(e)me-n- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | me |
*éǵh₂ | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | I (first-person pronoun). |
*éǵh₂om | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*me | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | In the middle of, near, by, around, with. |
*ik | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
ᛖᚲ | Proto-Norse (gmq-pro) | I. |
mē | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | |
me | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | Me (first-person singular object pronoun). |
me | English (en) | (Australia, British, New Zealand, colloquial) My; preceding a noun, marking ownership.. (US, colloquial) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.. (colloquial) As the complement of the copula (“be” or “is”).. (colloquial, with "and") As the subject of a verb.. (nonstandard, not with "and") As the subject of a verb.. (obsolete) Myself; as a reflexive direct object [...] |