Where does “ee” come from?

ee (Scots) comes from Middle Scots ee, from Early Scots e, from Old English ēage, from Proto-West Germanic augā, from Proto-Germanic augô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

ee (Scots): eye; you

Definitions

  1. eye; you

Ancestry of “ee”, step by step

ee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Scots ee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle ScotseeThe eye; the visual organ
2Early Scotse—
3Old Englishēageeye
4Proto-West Germanicaugāeye
5Proto-Germanicaugôeye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “ee”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic augô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic augā →