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"PIE had no real 3rd person pronouns", so, that is the reason why "we" (English) and "nous" (French) sound very different despite the original common language.Gyro Gearloose– Gyro Gearloose2025-04-17 17:12:08 +00:00Commented Apr 17, 2025 at 17:12
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@GyroGearloose Those are both first person pronouns... I'm not an expert on PIE, but the discrepancy seems to be from paradigm leveling or the lack thereof of the PIE first person plural pronoun: English "we" and Russian «мы» carry over the PIE nominative *wéy, but French «nous» from Latin "nōs" generalizes *n̥s etc. from the remaining oblique cases (whence English "us" and Russian «нас»).Unrelated String– Unrelated String2025-04-19 19:18:03 +00:00Commented Apr 19, 2025 at 19:18
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1...wait, the answer already spells that out even better... Not to be rude, but are you sure you even read the whole thing before accepting it?Unrelated String– Unrelated String2025-04-19 19:22:36 +00:00Commented Apr 19, 2025 at 19:22
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@n̥werttl̥h2tósstrongʰis I have read it, but linguistic is not my best of arts, and I have to look up most of the terms I'm not used to, so, effectively, it might be like I did not read it (with understanding and open eyes).Gyro Gearloose– Gyro Gearloose2025-04-21 20:24:32 +00:00Commented Apr 21, 2025 at 20:24
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