Where does “ee” come from?

ee (Middle Scots) comes from Early Scots e, from Old English ēage, from Proto-West Germanic augā, from Proto-Germanic augô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

ee (Middle Scots): The eye; the visual organ

Definitions

  1. The eye; the visual organ

Ancestry of “ee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Early Scotse—
2Old Englishēageeye
3Proto-West Germanicaugāeye
4Proto-Germanicaugôeye
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

Words derived from “ee”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic augô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic augā →