I (2)

I (ī), pron. [poss.My (mī) or Mine (mīn); object.Me (mē). pl.nom.We (wē); poss.Our (our) or Ours (ourz); object.Us (ŭs).] [OE. i, ich, ic, AS. ic; akin to OS. & D. ik, OHG. ih, G. ich, Icel. ek, Dan. jeg, Sw. jag, Goth. ik, OSlav. az', Russ. ia, W. i, L. ego, Gr. εγὤ, εγὤν, Skr. aham. √179. Cf. Egoism.] The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.