Where does “i-” come from?
i- (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic iʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.
i- (Old English): same, selfsame
Ancestry of “i-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | iʀ | he, it |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | — |