Words that come from Proto-Germanic “ik”

81 words across 45 languages descend from Proto-Germanic ik — including I, ich, I'm, I'll, chud, Ihood, ch-, ik.

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English (13)

German (7)

Middle English (7)

Old English (4)

Scots (3)

Danish (2)

Swedish (2)

Yola (2)

Limburgish (2)

Old Norse (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Middle Low German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old Frisian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Middle High German (1)

Crimean Gothic (1)

Old High German (1)

Gutnish (1)

Dutch (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Icelandic (1)

Low German (1)

Yiddish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Jersey Dutch (1)

Old Danish (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

German Low German (1)

North Frisian (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Faroese (1)

Norn (1)

Translingual (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)