jeg
Danish
[jɑ(j)], [ˈjɑj]
pronoun
Definitions
- (personal) I
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse ek derived from Proto-Germanic *ek (I) derived from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (I).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*éǵh₂
Gloss
I
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ego Latin
- ik Dutch, Flemish
- ἐγώ Ancient Greek
- *egom Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁me Proto-Indo-European
- *éǵh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *éǵh₂om Proto-Indo-European
- jeg Norwegian Bokmål
- *ek Proto-Germanic
- *ek, *ik Proto-Germanic
- *ik Proto-Germanic
- eg Norwegian Nynorsk
- ic Old English
- iċ Old English
- ek Old Norse
- fortæller Danish
- jegfortæller Danish
- *(j)a Proto-Slavic
- *(j)azъ Proto-Slavic
- eg Icelandic
- ek Icelandic
- ég Icelandic
- ic Middle Dutch
- ih Old High German
- ես Old Armenian
- ek Afrikaans
- eg Faroese
- 𐌹𐌺 Gothic
- *ik gmw-pro
- ik Old Dutch
- mī Old Dutch
- *aȷ́ʰám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ic Old Saxon
- ik Old Saxon
- iak Old Swedish
- *egō Proto-Italic
- ik Old Frisian
- ick Low German
- *ajám Proto-Iranian
- iegh Old Danish
- ik North Frisian
- ig Elfdalian
- ᛖᚲ Proto-Norse
- ñuk Tocharian A
- eg Norn
- ja Gutnish
- *ʔúǵ Proto-Anatolian
- æ Jutish