Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “ih” come from?

ih (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ih (Old High German): I

Definitions

  1. I

Ancestry of “ih”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ih”

  • ich-laut
  • ich
  • Ich
  • mich
  • ich-synton
  • Ich-Laut
  • Ichlaut
  • ich
  • איך
  • ech
  • ich
  • ich
  • ich
  • ych
  • ich
  • ich
  • mich
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →