Where does “he” come from?
he (German Low German) comes from Old Saxon hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...
he (German Low German): he
Ancestry of “he”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Saxon | hē | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *hiʀ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hīz | nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these... |