Where does “ich” come from?

Ich comes from Old English iċ, which derives from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂, the first-person singular pronoun meaning "I."

ich (English): I; Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of...

Definitions

  1. I; Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of...

Ancestry of “ich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishichAlternative form of I; I
2Old EnglishiċI
3Proto-West GermanicikI
4Proto-Germanic*ek—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →