utchy

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/ˈʌt͡ʃɪ/

pronoun

I

“What shall utchy do?”

OriginMiddle English ich ← Old English iċ ← Proto-Germanic *ik →
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Meanings

utchy1

pronoun

alternative utch

  1. West CountryobsoletepersonalSomersetI

    What shall utchy do?

    2 more examples

    [It is, manifestly, a corrupt pronunciation of Ich, or Ichè, pronounced as two syllables, the Anglo-Saxon word for I. What shall utchy do? What shall I do. I think Chaucer sometimes uses iche as a dissyllable; […]]

    1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England: Particularly Somersetshire, page 69

    [page 11:] As valled out, utchy come across en out to Clinkerbell Barn[…] [page 63:] Let utchy bide, cassen! [page 81:] Only let en lay 's han' 'pon u t c h y! 'Ch'ill zmoor en doown! 'Ch'ill gie en the backzwrd cut!

    1916, John Read, Latter-Lammas

utchy2

adjectiveutchy (not comparable)
  1. dialectalnot comparableChilly, parky.

Origin

utchy · pronoun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*eǵh₂óm“I”
  2. Proto-Germanic*ik
  3. Old Englishiċ“I”
  4. Middle Englishich“I”
  5. Englishutchy

A modification of utch, ich, iche, from Middle English ich (“I”, pronoun), from Old English iċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). Doublet of che. Recorded in use in the area around Yeovil in southern Somerset.

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utchy · adjective

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