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utchy

English

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Etymology 1

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A modification of utch, ich, iche, from Middle English ich (“I”, pronoun),[1] from Old English iċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (“I”). Doublet of che. Recorded in use in the area around Yeovil in southern Somerset.[2]

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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utchy

  1. (West Country, Somerset, obsolete, personal) I[3]
    What shall utchy do?
    • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England: Particularly Somersetshire, page 69:
      [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; […] ]
    • 1916, John Read, Latter-Lammas:
      [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!
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Etymology 2

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Unknown.[4]

Adjective

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utchy (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal) Chilly, parky.

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  1. ^ Jennings, James Knight (1869) “I, Ic, Ich, Iche, Utchy, Ise, C', Ch', Che, Ch'am, Ch'ud, Ch'll”, in The Dialect of the West of England, 2nd edition, London: John Russell Smith, pages 150–155
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ellis, Alexander John (1889) “The Land of Utch for I, Sm.”, in On Early English Pronunciation, volume 5, London: Trübner & Co, page 1516
  3. ^ William Holloway (1840) A General Dictionary of Provincialisms‎[1], page 181
  4. ^ “utchy, adj.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2018.
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