Where does “я” come from?

я (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic ꙗзъ, from Proto-Slavic (j)azъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ēź-, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

я (Russian): I first-person singular subject pronoun

Definitions

  1. I first-person singular subject pronoun

Ancestry of “я”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicꙗзъ
2Proto-Slavic(j)azъI
3Proto-Balto-Slavicēź-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “я

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