Where does “meg” come from?

meg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse mik, from Proto-Germanic mek, from Proto-Indo-European mé — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

meg (Norwegian Bokmål): objective case of jeg: me

Definitions

  1. objective case of jeg: me

Ancestry of “meg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemikme
2Proto-Germanicmekme; accusative of *ek
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméin the middle of, near, by, around, with
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mé →Every word from Proto-Germanic mek →Every word from Old Norse mik →