Where does “ich” come from?

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

ich (Yola): I

Definitions

  1. I

Ancestry of “ich”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ich”

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