Where does “ith” come from?
Ith is not attested in English; the chain provided traces forms of the verb "to be" (English is, Latin I, Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti) rather than a distinct headword "ith."
ith (English): Occurring at position "i" in a sequence; The...
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- Occurring at position "i" in a sequence; The...
Ancestry of “ith”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | I | The speaker or writer, referred to as the... |
| 2 | Old French | i | there |
| 3 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 4 | Latin | heic | — |
| 5 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |