Where does “hui” come from?

hui (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch hoey, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij — whey.

hui (Dutch): whey

Definitions

  1. whey

Ancestry of “hui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchhoey—
2Proto-West Germanic*hwaijwhey
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij →Every word from Middle Dutch hoey →
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