*eka

Runic: ᛖᚲᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈe.kɑ/

pronoun

Meanings

I (first person, singular, nominative pronoun)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂-óm, a variant of the original PIE first person singular pronoun, *éǵh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit अहम् (ahám) (ahám), Avestan 𐬀𐬰𐬇𐬨 (azə̄m) (azə̄m), Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, Epic Greek ἐγών (egṓn), all meaning ‘I’.

Descendants

*ik (Proto-West Germanic)
- ik, ic (Old Dutch)
  - ic, icke (Middle Dutch)
    - ik, ick, ikke (Dutch)
      - ek (Afrikaans)
*ik (Proto-West Germanic)
- iċ, ih, ich, iċċ, ᛁᚳ (ic), ᛁᚴ (iċ) (Old English)
  - ik (Northern Middle English)
    - ich (antiquated), I (English)
    - A, I (Scots)
  - Ik (Scots)
    - ich (antiquated), I (English)
    - A, I (Scots)
  - ich (Southern Middle English)
    - ich (antiquated), I (English)
    - A, I (Scots)
  - I (Later Middle English)
    - ich (antiquated), I (English)
    - A, I (Scots)
*ik (Proto-West Germanic)
- ik (Old Frisian)
  - ick, ik (North Frisian)
  - iek (Saterland Frisian)
  - ik (West Frisian)
*ik (Proto-West Germanic)
- ih (Old High German)
  - ich, iech, ik, iich, ech (Limburgish)
*ik (Proto-West Germanic)
- ih (Old High German)
  - ich, ig (Middle High German)
    - i, iech (East Franconian)
    - ich (German)
    - ech (Luxembourgish)
    - איך (ich) (Yiddish)
*ik (Proto-West Germanic)
- ih (Old High German)
  - ich, ig (Middle High German)
    - ich, ig, i (Alemannic German)
      - i (Swabian)
*ik (Proto-West Germanic)
- ih (Old High German)
  - ich, ig (Middle High German)
    - i (Bavarian)
*ik (Proto-West Germanic)
- ih (Old High German)
  - ich, ig (Middle High German)
    - ich, eich, ech (Central Franconian)
      - ich (Kölsch)
*ik (Proto-West Germanic)
- ih (Old High German)
  - ich, ig (Middle High German)
    - ich (Pennsylvania German)
*ik (Proto-West Germanic)
- ik (Old Saxon)
  - ik, ek (Middle Low German)
    - ik, ick (Low German)
      - ik, ick (Low German)
ᛖᚲ (ek), ᛖᚲᚨ (eka), -ᚲᚨ (-ka) (Proto-Norse)
- ek, iak, -k (Old Norse)
  - eg, jeg (Faroese)
  - eg, ég (Icelandic)
ᛖᚲ (ek), ᛖᚲᚨ (eka), -ᚲᚨ (-ka) (Proto-Norse)
- ek, iak, -k (Old Norse)
  - ej, é, eig, í, æg, æj, æ, je, jæj (Norwegian)
    - eg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ᛖᚲ (ek), ᛖᚲᚨ (eka), -ᚲᚨ (-ka) (Proto-Norse)
- ek, iak, -k (Old Norse)
  - iak, iæk, iægh, æk, ak (Old Danish)
    - jeg, a, æ, ja, jæ (Danish)
      - jeg (Norwegian Bokmål)
ᛖᚲ (ek), ᛖᚲᚨ (eka), -ᚲᚨ (-ka) (Proto-Norse)
- ek, iak, -k (Old Norse)
  - iak, iæk, iag, iagh, iach, ᛁᛆᚴ, ᛁᛅᚴ (Old Swedish)
    - jag (Swedish)
𐌹𐌺 (ik) (Gothic)
ich (Crimean Gothic)

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