Where does “ja” come from?

ja (Old Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic (j)azъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ēź-, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ja (Old Polish): first-person pronoun; I

Definitions

  1. first-person pronoun; I

Ancestry of “ja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic(j)azъI
2Proto-Balto-Slavicēź-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “ja

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ēź-Every word from Proto-Slavic (j)azъ
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