utchy

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈʌt͡ʃɪ/[2]

Pronoun

utchy

  1. (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. 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, page 181
  4. “utchy, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2018.
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