Where does “ik” come from?
ik (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German ik, from Old Saxon ik, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
ik (German Low German): I
Ancestry of “ik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | ik | I |
| 2 | Old Saxon | ik | I |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |