Where does “ich” come from?
ich (Crimean Gothic) comes from Proto-Germanic ik, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm.
ich (Crimean Gothic): I
Ancestry of “ich”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | ik | Alternative form of *ek; I |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | *eǵh₂óm | — |