ich
Middle English
/itʃ/
pronoun
Definitions
- (alternative form of) I
Etymology
Inherited from Old English iċ (I) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ek (I) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *egom (I).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*egom
Gloss
I
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ich English
- utchy English
- *egom Proto-Indo-European
- *éǵh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *éǵh₂om Proto-Indo-European
- *ek Proto-Germanic
- *ek, *ik Proto-Germanic
- *ik Proto-Germanic
- ic Old English
- iċ Old English
- nic Old English
- I Middle English
- y Middle English
- ek Old Norse
- ih Old High German
- 𐌹𐌺 Gothic
- *ik gmw-pro
- ik Old Dutch
- mī Old Dutch
- ic Old Saxon
- ik Old Saxon
- I Scots
- ik Old Frisian
- ick Low German
- ᛖᚲ Proto-Norse
- ich Yola
- A sco-smi