Ok, I only dabble in language building for fun so take this all with a grain of salt: but here's my attempt!
I've decided to borrow root words from Proto-Indo-European to supply the base six and the categories of pronouns. The extracts are from Wikitionary.
Pronoun for the living = leyp
The pronoun for those who are currently living is 'leyp' which is derived from the word "life".
From Middle English lyf, from Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic līb, from Proto-Germanic lībą (“life, body”), from lībaną (“to remain, stay, be left”), from Proto-Indo-European leyp- (“to stick, glue”).
Pronoun for the dead = ros
The pronoun for those who are dead is 'ros' which is derived from the word "rest".
From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English ræst, from Proto-West Germanic rastu, from Proto-Germanic rastō, from Proto-Indo-European ros-, res-, *erH- (“rest”).
Pronoun for those yet to be born = seh
The pronoun for those potential future people who are yet to be born is 'seh' which is derived from seed (aka, a seed of potential)
From Middle English seed, sede, side, from Old English sēd, sǣd (“seed, that which is sown”), from Proto-West Germanic sād, from Proto-Germanic sēdą, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, throw”).
Pronoun for those unknown to be alive or dead = wáy
The pronoun for those who exist in an ambiguous state of not known yet to be dead or alive is "wáy" which is derived from the word wail (aka, the grief of one who never gets closure)
c. 1300, Middle Englishweilen, waylen (“to sob, cry, wail”), from Old Norsevæla (“to wail”), from væ, vei (“woe”), from Proto-Germanicwai (whence also Old Englishwā (“woe”) (English woe)), from Proto-Indo-Europeanwáy.
Pronoun for those who may or may not be born yet = sūl
The pronoun for those who exist is an ambiguous state of not known yet to be born or not is "sūl" which is derived from the word soil (aka, not as much potential as a seed to produce a life, but something may spring forth from it all the same).
From Middle English soile, soyle, sule (“ground, earth”), partly from Anglo-Norman soyl (“bottom, ground, pavement”), from Latin solium (“seat, chair; throne”), mistaken for Latin solum (“ground, foundation, earth, sole of the foot”); and partly from Old English sol (“mud, mire, wet sand”), from Proto-Germanic sulą (“mud, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European sūl- (“thick liquid”).
General ambiguous pronoun = dʰer
The ultimate pronoun that covers all states of ambiguity is "dʰer" which is derived from the word dark (aka, a state of being shadowed in ambiguity).
From Middle English derk, from Old English deorc, from Proto-West Germanic derk (“dark”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European dʰerg- (“dim, dull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“dull, dirty”).
These are the basic six sets of pronouns, but to specify further, pronouns can be combined with an additional category. These are:
A pronoun that refers to the speaker (I, me, myself, mine, et.c)
From Middle English I (also ik, ich), from Old English ih (also ic, iċċ (“I”)), from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic ik, ek (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ (“I”).
A pronoun that refers to a single person you are speaking to (you, yours, yourself)
From Middle English you, yow, ȝow (object case of ye), from Old English ēow (“you”, dative case of ġē), from Proto-Germanic iwwiz (“you”, dative case of jīz), Western form of izwiz (“you”, dative case of jūz), from Proto-Indo-European *yūs (“you”, plural)
A pronoun that refers to another singular person to whom one isn't directly speaking. This is gender-neutral. (He, she, them, his, hers)
From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”).
A pronoun that refers to multiple people. (We, us, ours, ourselves, everyone)
From Middle English we, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic wīz, wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European wéy (“we (plural)”).
This is a bit confusing, but this is a pronoun for something that isn't alive (it, that, this) or is "not" (nobody, no one).
From Middle English it, hit ( > dialectal English hit (“it”)), from Old English hit (“it”), from Proto-West Germanic hit, from Proto-Germanic hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European ḱe-, ḱey- (“this, here”).
Interrogative pronoun = kʷód
A pronoun to ask about someone unknown such as who, what, which, whom, whose.
From Middle English what, from Old English hwæt (“what”), from Proto-West Germanic hwat, from Proto-Germanic hwat (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód (“what”)
Ok let's put it altogether!
To create any pronoun, you will select one of the base six and then a category and hyphenate the two.
"This is my bag" ➞ "Dʰer-ḱe is leyp-éǵh bag"
The pronoun for a dead thing is not used for a bag because it never had life, so the ambiguous dʰer is used and then hyphenated with ḱe to indicate that it is an object.
The pronoun leyp is used to refer to something that is living (aka me), and éǵh is hyphenated to show that this is a personal pronoun.
"That is my [deceased] sister's old piano. She used to love playing."
➞ "Dʰer-ḱe is leyp-éǵh sister's old piano. Ros-ḱís used to love playing."
Used again to mean 'this' and 'that'.
Used again to refer to 'my'.
In this case, ros is used to designate the person as being dead and kis is used to refer to a third person.
"Mark was worried if his son would come home. He had been gone for a year."
➞ Mark was worried if leyp-ḱís son would come home.
Wáy-ḱís had been gone for a year.
"His" here is living and third person.
"He' here is referring to a person who it's not known if he's alive or dead and in third person.
"We played on the swings and I thought of my future children. Would they be kind? Brave? Shy?"
➞ Leyp-wéy played on the swings and leyp-éǵh thought of leyp-éǵh future children. Would seh-wéy be kind? Brave? Shy?"
"We" are both alive and plural.
Once again, a living personal pronoun usage.
"They" in this case have yet to be born and is plural.
So that's my attempt! I did this in about half an hour so anyone can feel free to expand on it/fix any issues!
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