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
- I. Now mostly used to be emphatical
Ancestry of “ik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | ik | Alternative form of I |
| 2 | Old English | iċ | I |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |