Where does “i'” come from?
i' (Norman) comes from Old French il, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
i' (Norman): he; it
Ancestry of “i'”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | il | he; they |
| 2 | Latin | illī | — |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |