Where does “az” come from?
Az comes from Old Church Slavonic азъ, from Proto-Slavic (j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂, a pronoun meaning "I."
az (English): Eye dialect spelling of as; Name of the letter...
Definitions
- Eye dialect spelling of as; Name of the letter...
Ancestry of “az”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | азъ | I |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | (j)azъ | I |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ēź- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |