Where does “hoo” come from?
Hoo comes from Middle English hoo, Old English hēo, Proto-Germanic hwaz, and Proto-Indo-European roots ḱe-, skek-, and kew-.
hoo (English): she; he or also can be used as a gender neutral...
Definitions
- she; he or also can be used as a gender neutral...
Ancestry of “hoo”, step by step
hoo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English shoo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | shoo | Alternative form of sho; Alternative form of... |
| 2 | Old English | sċōh | shoe |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | skōh | shoe |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skōhaz | shoe |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skewk- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kew- | to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,... |
via Middle English hoo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hoo | — |
| 2 | Old English | hēo | she |
| 3 | Germanic | *hiju | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hijō | she; nominative singular feminine of *hiz |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe- | demonstrative particle; here; this, here |