Where does “ek” come from?

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

ek (Icelandic): I; first-person singular active present...

Definitions

  1. I; first-person singular active present...

Ancestry of “ek”, 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