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]

• utch

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌt͡ʃɪ/^[2]

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!

• ch
• ch-

Unknown.^[4]

utchy (not comparable)

1. (dialectal) Chilly, parky.