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

Definitions

  1. he

Ancestry of “he”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonhēhe
2Proto-West Germanic*hiʀ—
3Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

Words derived from “he”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ →Every word from Old Saxon hē →