Where does “ho” come from?

Ho derives from Old English hēo, from Proto-Germanic hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe-, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- with cognate roots in kāro- and keres-.

ho (English): Used to attract attention to something sighted,...

Definitions

  1. Used to attract attention to something sighted,...

Ancestry of “ho”, step by step

ho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English hoo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhoo—
2Old Englishhēoshe
3Germanic*hiju—
4Proto-Germanichijōshe; nominative singular feminine of *hiz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here

via Middle English ho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhowho; Alternative form of he; Alternative form of...
2Middle Low Germanhōhigh
3Proto-Germanichwōhow, with what, by what means; instrumental of...
4Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

Words derived from “ho”

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