Where does “i” come from?

i (Nheengatu) comes from Old Tupi i — he, she, they, it.

i (Nheengatu): third-person singular personal pronoun (he, him, his, she, her, it, its)

Definitions

  1. third-person singular personal pronoun (he, him, his, she, her, it, its)

Ancestry of “i”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiihe, she, they, it
Every word from Old Tupi i