iech

Alternative forms

• ihch

Pronoun

iech

1. (Erzgebirgisch, Silesian) I (first person pronoun)

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 66:

Etymology

From Middle High German iuch, from Old High German iuwih. The expected Luxeburgish form would be *äich. The form iech goes back to Middle High German *öch or *ech, as in some neighbouring dialects of Central Franconian. It is probably due to shortening after -iu- had been diphthongized; thus: [yːç] > [øʏ̯ç] > [øç] > [eç] > [ɪə̯ç].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iə̯ɕ] (stressed)
• IPA^(key): [əɕ] (unstressed)
• Homophones: Iech, ech (latter unstressed only)

Pronoun

iech

1. second-person plural, accusative: you
2. second-person plural, dative: you, to you
3. second-person plural, reflexive: yourselves