Where does “iċ” come from?

iċ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

iċ (Old English): I

Definitions

  1. I

Ancestry of “iċ”, step by step

iċ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic ik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West GermanicikI
2Proto-Germanic*ek—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Proto-Germanic ik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicikAlternative form of *ek; I
2Proto-Indo-European*eǵh₂óm—

via Germanic *ik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*ik—

Words derived from “iċ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ik →