ich
Central Franconian
/iɕ/, [eɕ], [ij]
pronoun
Definitions
- (some dialects of) I;
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
- ego Latin
- ich German
- 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
- ic Old English
- iċ Old English
- ek Old Norse
- *(j)a Proto-Slavic
- *(j)azъ Proto-Slavic
- ih Old High German
- ես Old Armenian
- 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
- *ajám Proto-Iranian
- i Mòcheno
- ich Pennsylvania German
- ich Hunsrik
- ych Vilamovian
- ich Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish
- i Bavarian
- ᛖᚲ Proto-Norse
- ñuk Tocharian A
- *ʔúǵ Proto-Anatolian