Where does “ég” come from?

ég (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ég (Icelandic): I

Definitions

  1. I

Ancestry of “ég”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseekI
2Proto-NorseᛖᚲI
3Proto-Germanic*ek
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic *ekEvery word from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ
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