Where does “hij” come from?

hij (Dutch) comes 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...

hij (Dutch): "Third-person singular, masculine, subjective:"...

Definitions

  1. "Third-person singular, masculine, subjective:"...

Ancestry of “hij”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchhihe
2Old Dutchhīehe
3Old Dutch
4Proto-Germanic*hiʀ
5Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

Words derived from “hij

Every word from Proto-Germanic hīzEvery word from Proto-Germanic *hiʀEvery word from Old Dutch