Where does “hy” come from?

hy (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch hij, from Middle Dutch hi, from Old Dutch hīe, from Old Dutch hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

hy (Afrikaans): third-person singular subject pronoun

Definitions

  1. third-person singular subject pronoun

Ancestry of “hy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhij"Third-person singular, masculine, subjective:"...
2Middle Dutchhihe
3Old Dutchhīehe
4Old Dutchhē—
5Proto-Germanic*hiʀ—
6Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...
Every word from Proto-Germanic hīz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hiʀ →Every word from Old Dutch hē →