Where does “hath” come from?

Hath comes from Old English hæfþ, from Proto-Germanic haiþī, from Proto-Indo-European kayt-.

hath (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “hath”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishhathThird-person singular present indicative form of...
2Old Englishhæfþthird-person singular present indicative of...
3Proto-Germanichabaiþihas
Every word from Proto-Germanic habaiþi →Every word from Old English hæfþ →Every word from Middle English hath →