Where does “super-ego” come from?
super-ego (English) comes from German Über-Ich, from German Ich, from Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
super-ego (English): Alternative spelling of superego
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of superego
Ancestry of “super-ego”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Über-Ich | — |
| 2 | German | Ich | ego, the Ich; self, me, him, etc |
| 3 | Middle High German | ich | I |
| 4 | Old High German | ih | I |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |