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."
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Definitions
- I; Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of...
Ancestry of “ich”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | ich | Alternative form of I; I |
| 2 | Old English | iċ | I |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |