The story
- German · borrowed fromIch-Laut
- English todayich-laut
From German Ich-Laut, from ich (“I”) (which has this sound in German) + Laut (“sound”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ich-laut
Today it means: the voiceless palatal fricative, /ç/, especially in the context of the German language, but also sometimes otherwise (because it is best known from German) Full definition →
German Ich-Laut