Where does “a” come from?

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

Ancestry of “a”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishA—
2Middle EnglishII (first-person singular subject pronoun)
3Old EnglishiċI
4Proto-West GermanicikI
5Proto-Germanic*ek—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “a”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ik →