Where does “ch” come from?
I cannot write this etymology summary as requested because the chain provided does not support an etymology for "ch" as an English headword. The chain traces "ich" (Old English first-person pronoun) back through Proto-Indo-European, which is unrelated to the letter or digraph "ch." To write an accurate summary, I would need either a corrected chain for "ch" or clarification of what "ch" refers to (the letter, the digraph, or something else).
ch (English): Abbreviation of chain - a unit of measurement...
Definitions
- Abbreviation of chain - a unit of measurement...
Ancestry of “ch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ICH | Initialism of intracranial hemorrhage; Initialism... |
| 2 | English | ichthyophthiriasis | A parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused... |
| 3 | English | Ichthyophthirius | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἰχθύς | fish |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀετός | eagle; the constellation Aquila; omen |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | ayyetós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewyetós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éwis | bird |