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

ih traces back through two 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—

Words derived from “ih”

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