Where does “mec” come from?

mec (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic mek, from Proto-Indo-European mé — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

mec (Old English): accusative of iċ: me

Definitions

  1. accusative of iċ: me

Ancestry of “mec”, step by step

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