Where does “hay” come from?

hay (English) comes from Middle English hay, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

hay (English): Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder; Any...

Definitions

  1. Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder; Any...

Ancestry of “hay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishhayAlternative form of haye; Alternative form of...
2Old Englishhēhey
3Proto-West Germanic*hiʀ—
4Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

Words derived from “hay”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ →Every word from Old English hē →