ich en · PRON · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /iːt͡ʃ/
- (US) audio
- /ɪt͡ʃ/
Etymology
From Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, iċċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). See also ch-, I.
Meanings
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(obsolete, personal) I.
Dost thinke 'chill labor to be poore, No no, ich haue a-doe..Ich will a plundering too.
1645, Thomas Davies, The Somersetshire Man's Complaint:"Behold," she sayd, "and se How bright I am of ble! Ich am not cast away, That can my husband say, [...]"
1529, John Skelton, Elynour Rummyng:Kissyng and lying ich see is all one: And chave no mony, chul tell true therfore.
1578, George Whetstone, The right, excellent and famous Historye of Promos and Cassandra:Ich haven't seen such foolishness before.
With cap and knee, ich will serve thee, what should ich more declare.
1568, Thomas Howell, Arbor of Amitie:Ich, a Word us'd for I in the Weſtern Parts of England.
[1706, Edward Phillips, compiler, J[ohn] K[ersey the younger], “Ich”, in The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. […], 6th edition, London: […] J. Phillips, […]; N. Rhodes, […]; and J. Taylor, […], →OCLC, column 2:My maysters, ich am an old man, and halfe blinde, […]
1561, John Awdelay, The fraternitye of vacabondes:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ch- | alternative | lexicographic | |
| che | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ch | alternative | lexicographic | |
| 'ch- | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Iche | alternative | lexicographic |