Where does “styany” come from?
styany (Middle English) comes from Middle English y, from Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
Ancestry of “styany”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | y | Alternative form of I; Alternative form of in;... |
| 2 | Old English | iċ | I |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |