Where does “hay is for horses” come from?

hay is for horses (English) comes from English hay, 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 is for horses (English): Said as a retort to someone saying

Definitions

  1. Said as a retort to someone saying

Ancestry of “hay is for horses”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhayGrass cut and dried for use as animal fodder; Any...
2Middle EnglishhayAlternative form of haye; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishhēhey
4Proto-West Germanic*hiʀ—
5Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...
Every word from Proto-Germanic hīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ →Every word from Old English hē →