Diskussion:jag

What is the history about this word "jag"? Is it derived from the Germanic "ich/ik/whatever" or does it come from the Slavic "Ya/whatever"? I know in Russian the pronoun is "Ya", so I was wondering whether the Slavic could have had an influence on this language that its pronoun is nou "jag" - very similar to "ya". Or did the Germanic influence both Swedish and Russian in this case? Considering the "i" and "j" is apparently the same letter linguistically, could it then be that "jag" (se) and "ich" (de) are exactly the same pronoun? Please give your insets, thanks. Adriaan90 19 november 2008 kl. 18.28 (CET)

Nationalencyklopedin states "from rune language time" which if interpret it correctly is a time between about 1000 to 2000 years ago. It had the spelling iak or iagh in Old Swedish which was used about year 1225 to 1526. ~ Dodde 19 november 2008 kl. 20.07 (CET)

I understand it has been ek further back, so it's obviously related to ich. Of course, some kind of influence from the Slavic languages is still possible. Ever wonder 3 december 2008 kl. 16.41 (CET)

While Swedish jag and Russian я are related, it is only at an Indo-European level: i.e., they're extremely distant. The Swedish word obviously stems from the common Germanic, just like the Russian word stems from Common Slavic. The superficial resemblance in pronunciation is merely coincidental (a product of independent sound changes in the respective groups), and not due to some Slavic influence or vice versa. /Fenix 3 december 2008 kl. 21.43 (CET)