ich

Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by ciliates of genus Ichthyophthirius.

Noun

  1. Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by ciliates of genus Ichthyophthirius.
    • Ich is one of the most common diseases of freshwater fish. - 1996, Edward J. Noga, Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, Iowa State University Press (2000), →ISBN, page 95:

Origin

Clipping of ichthyophthiriasis.

Forms

ick

Derived

marine ich

Pronoun

  1. I.
    • Ich haven't seen such foolishness before.
    • "Behold," she sayd, "and se How bright I am of ble! Ich am not cast away, That can my husband say, [...]" - 1529, John Skelton, Elynour Rummyng:
    • My maysters, ich am an old man, and halfe blinde, […] - 1561, John Awdelay, The fraternitye of vacabondes:

Origin

From Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, iċċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). See also ch-, I.

Forms

Iche che ch 'ch- ch-

Related

chinny reckon ich-laut

Derived

nich chill cham