utchy
English
Etymology 1
A modification of utch, ich, iche, from Middle English ich (“I”, pronoun),[1] from Old English iċ, iċċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (“I”). Doublet of che. Recorded in use in the area around Yeovil in southern Somerset.[2]
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Pronunciation
Pronoun
utchy
- (West Country, Somerset, obsolete, personal) I[3]
- What shall utchy do?
Related terms
Etymology 2
Unknown.[4]
Adjective
utchy (not comparable)
References
- ^ Jennings, James Knight (1869) “I, Ic, Ich, Iche, Utchy, Ise, C', Ch', Che, Ch'am, Ch'ud, Ch'll”, in The Dialect of the West of England, 2nd edition, London: John Russell Smith, pages 150–155
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ellis, Alexander John (1889) “The Land of Utch for I, Sm.”, in On Early English Pronunciation, volume 5, London: Trübner & Co, page 1516
- ^ William Holloway (1840) A General Dictionary of Provincialisms[1], page 181
- ^ “utchy, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2018.
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