Where does “ich” come from?

ich (Crimean Gothic) comes from Proto-Germanic ik, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm.

ich (Crimean Gothic): I

Definitions

  1. I

Ancestry of “ich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicikAlternative form of *ek; I
2Proto-Indo-European*eǵh₂óm—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm →Every word from Proto-Germanic ik →
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