jeg
Norwegian
/jæɪ̯/, [jæɪ̯]
pronoun
Definitions
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse ek 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
- 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
- eg Norwegian Nynorsk
- I Middle English
- ek Old Norse
- jeg Danish
- *(j)a Proto-Slavic
- *(j)azъ Proto-Slavic
- eg Icelandic
- ek Icelandic
- ég Icelandic
- ես Old Armenian
- eg Faroese
- *aȷ́ʰám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- iak Old Swedish
- *egō Proto-Italic
- *ajám Proto-Iranian
- iegh Old Danish
- ig Elfdalian
- ᛖᚲ Proto-Norse
- ñuk Tocharian A
- eg Norn
- ai Torres Strait Creole
- ja Gutnish
- *ʔúǵ Proto-Anatolian
- æ Jutish