Where does “icke” come from?
icke (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.
icke (German): I, me
Ancestry of “icke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Low German | ick | I |
| 2 | Middle Low German | ik | I |
| 3 | Old Saxon | ik | I |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |