Where does “ik” come from?

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

ik (Dutch): I

Definitions

  1. I

Ancestry of “ik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle DutchicI
2Old DutchikI
3Proto-West GermanicikI
4Proto-Germanic*ek—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “ik”

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