Where does “ik” come from?

ik (Scots) comes from Middle English ik, from Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ik (Scots): I. Now mostly used to be emphatical

Definitions

  1. I. Now mostly used to be emphatical

Ancestry of “ik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishikAlternative form of I
2Old EnglishiċI
3Proto-West GermanicikI
4Proto-Germanic*ek—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ik →