utchy

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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]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

utchy

  1. (West Country, Somerset, obsolete, personal) I[3]
    What shall utchy do?

Etymology 2

Unknown.[4]

Adjective

utchy (not comparable)

  1. (regional) chilly, parky

References

  1. ^ 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. ↑ 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
  3. ^ William Holloway (1840) A General Dictionary of Provincialisms‎[1], page 181
  4. ^ “utchy, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2018.
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