ik

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English ic, from Proto-Germanic *ek/ekan, from Proto-Indo-European *egom.

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ik

  1. (obsolete) I - Piers Plowman
    Note: The Northern dialectic form of I, in Early English, corresponding to ich of the Southern

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Middle Dutch ic < Proto-Germanic *ek/ekan < Proto-Indo-European *eg/egom. See I (English, etymology 3).[1]

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ik

  1. First-person singular, subjective: I.

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See Wiktionary:Dutch inflection

[edit] Quotations

  • Julius Caesar
    Ik kwam, ik zag, ik overwon.
    I came, I saw, I conquered.

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  • Notes:
  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge, “Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache” , 22. Auflage, 1989, bearbeitet von Elmar Seebold, ISBN 3-11-006800-1

[edit] Latvian

[edit] Adverb

ik

  1. every

[edit] Low Saxon

[edit] Etymology

Old Saxon ik, from Proto-Indo-European *egom. See I (English, etymology 3).[1]

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ik

  1. first person singular, referring to oneself; I
    Ik kwam, ik zag, ik overwon (nl), Ik keem, ik keek, ik wun (pd): I came, I saw, I conquered. (Lat.: 'Veni, Vidi, Vici', attributed to w:Julius Caesar.)

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  • mien (possessive, my, mine); mi (objective case, me); wi (plural, we).

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  • Notes:
  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge, “Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache”

[edit] Marshallese

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[edit] Noun

ik

  1. fish

[edit] Old Frisian

[edit] Etymology

See I (English, etymology 3).[1]


[edit] Pronoun

ik

  1. I

[edit] References

  • Notes:
  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge, “Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache”

[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Pronoun

ik

  1. I
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