Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Contraction of we + is.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wéyder. Proto-Germanic *wīz Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ Old English wē Middle English we English we English 's English we's From we + 's (contraction of is, has, and was).
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