Where does “hos” come from?

hos (English) comes from English ho, from Middle English hoo, from Old English hēo, from Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic hijō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- — demonstrative particle; here; this, here.

hos (English): plural of ho

Definitions

  1. plural of ho

Ancestry of “hos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhoUsed to attract attention to something sighted,...
2Middle Englishhoo—
3Old Englishhēoshe
4Germanic*hiju—
5Proto-Germanichijōshe; nominative singular feminine of *hiz
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here
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