Etymology

I'm

English am ← Middle English am ← Old English eom
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*éǵh₂
  2. Proto-Indo-European*e-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*eǵh₂óm
  4. Proto-Germanic*eka
  5. Proto-Germanic*ek
  6. Proto-West Germanic*ik
  7. Old Englishiċ
  8. Middle Englishik, ich, ī
  9. EnglishI
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésmi
  12. Proto-Germanic*immi
  13. Proto-West Germanic*im
  14. Old Englisheom
  15. Middle Englisham
  16. Englisham
  17. English todayI'm

Contraction of I am.

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