Where does “ikke” come from?

ikke (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.

ikke (Dutch): I, me

Definitions

  1. I, me

Ancestry of “ikke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle DutchicI
2Old DutchikI
3Proto-West GermanicikI
4Proto-Germanic*ek—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ik →