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