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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
I.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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I,
nom. case of first personal pronoun. (E.) M. E. (Northern) ik, i;
(Southern) ich, uch, i.—A.
S. ic. + Du. ik. + Icel. ek. + Dan. jeg. + Swed. jag.
+ Goth. ik. + G. ich; O. H. G. ih. + W. i. + Russ. ia.
+ Lat. ego. + Gk.
ἐγώ,
ἐγών. + Skt.
aham, prob. corrupted from agam; see
Curtius, i. 383. β. All from the Aryan form AGAM, apparently a
compound word; composed of the pronominal base A, and the enclitic particle GAM
or GA which appears in Gk.
γε and Skt. ha (Vedic gha) as well as at the end of
Goth. mi-k, thu-k, si-k, accusative cases of the first, second, and third
(reflexive) pronouns. See Curtius, ii. 137. See Me,
which is, however, from a different base.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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