Eg

Eg

abbrev.

1. Egypt

2. Egyptian

* * *

I. Nominative form of the personal pronoun of the first person singular. Oldest form *eg̑, becoming *eg in centum languages. (For oblique forms see me-¹.)

1. I, from Old English ic, I, from Germanic *ek.

2. Extended form *egō. ego, egoist, egotism, from Latin ego, I.

 

[Pokorny eg̑- 291.]

* * *