us

us (pron.) O.E. us (cognate with O.S., O.Fris. us, O.N., Swed. oss), accusative and dative pl. of WE (Cf. we), from PIE *ns- (Cf. Skt. nas, Avestan na, Hittite nash "us;" Gk. no "we two;" L. nos "we, us;" O.C.S. ny "us," nasu "our;" O.Ir. ni, Welsh ni "we, us"). The -n- is preserved in Germanic in Du. ons, Ger. uns.