Where does “mich” come from?

mich (German) comes from Middle High German mich, from Old High German mih, from Proto-Germanic mek, from Proto-Indo-European mé — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

mich (German): accusative of ich: me

Definitions

  1. accusative of ich: me

Ancestry of “mich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmichme: accusative singular of ich
2Old High Germanmihme accusative singular of ih
3Proto-Germanicmekme; accusative of *ek
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméin the middle of, near, by, around, with
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mé →Every word from Proto-Germanic mek →Every word from Old High German mih →