German Etymology

German Etymology:

Proto-West-Germanic: *ik is generated to German: ich

Proto-West-Germanic: *þū is generated to German: du

Proto-West-Germanic: *wiʀ is generated to German: wir

Proto-West-Germanic: *jiʀ is generated to German: ihr

Proto-West-Germanic: *-ī- is generated to German: -ei-

For example, Proto-West-Germanic:*līb, German: Leib.

Also, Proto-West-Germanic *wīb is generated to German: Weib.

Proto-West-Germanic: *-ū- , German: -au-

For example, Proto-West-Germanic: *hūs, German: Haus.

Thus, German Pronoun mein, dein is from Proto-West-Germanic *mīn, *þīn. 

Reference:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/m%C4%ABn

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/%C3%BE%C4%ABn

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/w%C4%ABb

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/h%C5%ABs

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/ik

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