Where does “ego” come from?

ego (Finnish) comes from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ego (Finnish): ego

Definitions

  1. ego

Ancestry of “ego”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
2Proto-ItalicegōI
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Latin egō →