Where does “hulle” come from?
hulle (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch hullie, from Dutch hunlieden, from Dutch Hun, from Dutch hen, from Old Dutch hin, from Proto-Germanic himaz, from Proto-Germanic hiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
hulle (Afrikaans): they; them; their
Ancestry of “hulle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | hullie | "The nominative case of the third-person plural... |
| 2 | Dutch | hunlieden | "The nominative case of the third-person plural... |
| 3 | Dutch | Hun | A Hun, member of the nomadic tribe; A barbarian,... |
| 4 | Dutch | hen | them; hen, female chicken; female of a related... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | hin | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | himaz | dative plural masculine/neuter of *hiz |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hiz | this |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | — |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |