Where does “hei” come from?
He comes from Middle English he, Old English hē, Proto-Germanic hiz, and Proto-Indo-European ḱe-, ḱe, kewk-, and kew-.
hei (English): Alternative spelling of he
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of he
Ancestry of “hei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | he | A male person or animal already known or implied;... |
| 2 | Middle English | he | Third-person singular masculine pronoun: he; it;... |
| 3 | Old English | hē | hey |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hiʀ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hīz | nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these... |