Where does “הוא” come from?

הוא (Aramaic) comes from Proto-Semitic *šuʔa — he (masculine third-person singular personal pronoun).

הוא (Aramaic): he, it; is; that

Definitions

  1. he, it; is; that

Ancestry of “הוא”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*šuʔahe (masculine third-person singular personal pronoun)

Words derived from “הוא”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *šuʔa →