Where does “ik” come from?

ik (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon ik, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ik (Middle Low German): I

Definitions

  1. I

Ancestry of “ik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old SaxonikI
2Proto-West GermanicikI
3Proto-Germanic*ek—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “ik”

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