Where does “і” come from?

і (Belarusian) comes from Proto-Slavic i, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.

і (Belarusian): and

Definitions

  1. and

Ancestry of “і”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviciand
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁e- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European éy →Every word from Proto-Slavic i →
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