ᛖᚲ

• ᛖᚲᚨ (eka)

From Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Among the earliest attestations of the pronoun is the inscription on the 2nd-4th century Lindholm amulet, which also contains a postpositive, perhaps clitic, form of the word, ᚺᚨᛏᛖᚳᚨ (hateᚳa, “I am called”).

ᛖᚲ (ek)

1. I
   • 250–450, inscription on the Tune runestone:

     ᛖᚲᚹᛁᚹᚨᛉᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱᚹᛟᛞᚢᚱᛁ / ...

     ekwiwazafterwoduri / ...

     I, Wiwaz, after Woduri / […]

   • c. 425,, inscription on the Golden Horns of Gallehus:

     ᛖᚲᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ᛬ᚺᛟᛚᛏᛁᛃᚨᛉ᛬ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ᛬ᛏᚨᚹᛁᛞᛟ᛬

     ekhlewagastiz᛬holtijaz᛬horna᛬tawido᛬

     I, Hlewagastiz Holtijaz, made the horn

   • 250–450, inscription on the Hogganvik runestone:

     ᛖᚲᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᚷᚨᛋᛏᛁᛉ / ...

     eknaudigastiz / ...

     I, Naudigastiz, / […] [1]

• Old Norse: ek, jek, jak
  • Icelandic: ek, eg, ég
  • Faroese: eg, jeg
  • Norn: eg
  • Norwegian: ej, é, eig, í, æg, æj, æ, je, jæj (dialectal)

    Bokmål: jeg

    Nynorsk: eg

  • Old Swedish: iak, iæk, iagh
    • Swedish: jag
  • Old Danish: iak, iæk, iægh, æk, ak
    • Danish: jeg, a, æ, ja, jæ
  • Dalian: ik, ig
    • Elfdalian: ig
  • Jamtish: jeg
  • Westrobothnian: jäg, jeg, jig, jög
  • Scanian: jağ