Where does “ekj” come from?

ekj (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German ik, from Old Saxon ik, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Ancestry of “ekj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low GermanikI
2Old SaxonikI
3Proto-West GermanicikI
4Proto-Germanic*ek
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic *ekEvery word from Proto-West Germanic ik