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
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 |