I
Middle English
/iː/, /i/
pronoun
Definitions
- I (first-person singular subject pronoun)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English iċ (I) 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
- ego Latin
- ἐγώ 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
- ih Old English
- iċ Old English
- nic Old English
- ich Middle English
- y Middle English
- ek Old Norse
- *(j)a Proto-Slavic
- *(j)azъ Proto-Slavic
- ih Old High German
- ես Old Armenian
- *ik gmw-pro
- *aȷ́ʰám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *egō Proto-Italic
- I Scots
- *ajám Proto-Iranian
- ᛖᚲ Proto-Norse
- ñuk Tocharian A
- ai Torres Strait Creole
- *ʔúǵ Proto-Anatolian
- A sco-smi