Where does “fi” come from?

fi (Welsh) comes from Proto-Celtic mī, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

fi (Welsh): I, me; The name of the Latin-script letter V

Definitions

  1. I, me; The name of the Latin-script letter V

Ancestry of “fi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-CelticI, me
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Celtic
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