ich
German (Berlin)
/ɪç/
pronoun
Definitions
- I first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German ich inherited from Old High German ih inherited from Proto-Germanic *ek, *ik inherited 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
- I English
- I$ English
- I'll English
- I-hood English
- I-ness English
- I-ship English
- Ihood English
- gloss English
- isogloss English
- isoglossal English
- isoglossic English
- ego Latin
- bezogen German
- ich-synton German
- ichbezogen German
- synton German
- ik Dutch, Flemish
- ἐγώ Ancient Greek
- ἴσος Ancient Greek
- *h₁me Proto-Indo-European
- *éǵh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *éǵh₂om Proto-Indo-European
- *ek Proto-Germanic
- *ek, *ik Proto-Germanic
- *ik Proto-Germanic
- アイ・ラブ・ユー Japanese
- ic Old English
- iċ Old English
- I Middle English
- ik Middle English
- ek Old Norse
- *(j)a Proto-Slavic
- *(j)azъ Proto-Slavic
- ic Middle Dutch
- ih Old High German
- es Latvian
- ես Old Armenian
- ek Afrikaans
- ich Middle High German
- ech Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- איך Yiddish
- *ik gmw-pro
- i Cimbrian
- ich Cimbrian
- *aȷ́ʰám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ich Alemannic German
- *egō Proto-Italic
- ik Old Frisian
- *ajám Proto-Iranian
- i Mòcheno
- ich Pennsylvania German
- ich Central Franconian
- ich Hunsrik
- ych Vilamovian
- ik North Frisian
- ich Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish
- i Bavarian
- ᛖᚲ Proto-Norse
- ñuk Tocharian A
- *ež bat-pro
- ai Torres Strait Creole
- *ʔúǵ Proto-Anatolian