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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/uns

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, U (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
uns
Friedrich Kluge2508027An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, U — uns1891John Francis Davis

uns, pron., ‘us, to us,’ from the equiv. MidHG. and OHG. uns, in the same form common to Teut. to supplement the declension of wir. Comp. Du. ons, OLG. and AS. âs (E. us), Goth. uns. This uns (from ns) is certainly connected with Lat. nos (noster), Gr. ἡμεῖς (for *ἀσ-μεῖς), and Sans. nas, ‘us’; comp. wir. — Allied to unser, poss. pron., ‘our,’ from MidHG. unser, OHG. unsêr, The detailed history of the prenom. stem belongs to grammar.