Where does “hei” come from?

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

hei (English): Alternative spelling of he

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of he

Ancestry of “hei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheA male person or animal already known or implied;...
2Middle EnglishheThird-person singular masculine pronoun: he; it;...
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 →