Where does “icham” come from?

icham (Middle English) comes from Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Ancestry of “icham”, step by step

icham traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English ich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishichAlternative form of I; I
2Old EnglishiċI
3Proto-West GermanicikI
4Proto-Germanic*ek—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Middle English am

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishamFirst-person singular present indicative form of...
2Old Englisheomfirst-person singular present indicative of...
3Proto-West Germanic*im—

Words derived from “icham”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ik →