Where does “i-” come from?

i- (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic iʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

i- (Old English): same, selfsame

Definitions

  1. same, selfsame

Ancestry of “i-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germaniciʀhe, it
2Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
3Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

Words derived from “i-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic iʀ →