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The consonantism began in the dative σφι(sphi), originally the dative of the reflexive pronoun, from Proto-Indo-European*s(e)bʰi. Later the σφ-cluster spread to the rest of the paradigm, and the pronoun acquired a nonreflexive plural sense. The ending -εῖς was added by analogy with other pronominal forms, such as ἡμεῖς(hēmeîs). The σφ-cluster also spread to the third-person dual pronoun σφωέ(sphōé) and the second-person dual pronoun σφώ(sphṓ).[1]
Oblique cases (not nominative) used frequently by Homer. In Attic, the plurals of αὐτός(autós) and ἑαυτοῦ(heautoû) are more commonly used as personal pronoun and reflexive. For the singular forms, see οὗ(hoû).
^ Rix, Helmut (1976) Historische Grammatik des Griechischen: Laut- und Formenlehre (in German), Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, →ISBN, §193, pages 180–81