English
ich-laut
Ich-laut comes from German Ich-Laut.
- Germanc. 1650–presentIch-Laut
- Englishtodayich-laut
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Germanc. 1650–presentIch-Laut
- Englishtodayich-laut
A compound of ich ‘I’ + Laut ‘sound’
Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ ‘I’
Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm ‘I’
Proto-Germanic *ik
Proto-West Germanic *ik
Old High German ih
Middle High German ich
German ich ‘I’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- ‘to hear’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós ‘heard, listened’
Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz ‘loud’
Proto-West Germanic *hlūd ‘sound’
Old High German lūt ‘loud’
Middle High German lūt ‘loud’
German Laut ‘sound’
Every English word from German Ich-Laut
Today it means
noun the voiceless palatal fricative, /ç/, especially in the context of the German language, but also sometimes otherwise (because it is best known from German)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Ich-Laut / ich-laut