Where does “ick” come from?

ick (German) comes from Low German ick, from Middle Low German ik, from Old Saxon ik, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ick (German): I

Definitions

  1. I

Ancestry of “ick”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low GermanickI
2Middle Low GermanikI
3Old SaxonikI
4Proto-West GermanicikI
5Proto-Germanic*ek—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ik →