Where does “Dji” come from?
Dji (Norman) comes from Old French je, from Vulgar Latin eo, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
Ancestry of “Dji”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | je | I |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | eo | I go, I move; I advance, I proceed, I progress; I... |
| 3 | Latin | egō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | egō | I |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |