Where does “i” come from?
i (Sicilian) comes from Sicilian li, from Latin illae, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “i”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | li | the |
| 2 | Latin | illae | nominative feminine plural of ille |
| 3 | Latin | illī | — |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |