Where does “ek” come from?

ek (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch ik, from Middle Dutch ic, from Old Dutch ik, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ek (Afrikaans): I

Definitions

Ancestry of “ek”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	ik	I
2	Middle Dutch	ic	I
3	Old Dutch	ik	I
4	Proto-West Germanic	ik	I
5	Proto-Germanic	*ek	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	éǵh₂	I

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ik →