Where does “Hit” come from?

Hit (German) comes from English hit, from Middle English hit, from Old English hit, from Proto-Germanic hit, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- — demonstrative particle; here; this, here.

Hit (German): hit (A success, especially in the entertainment industry.)

Definitions

  1. hit (A success, especially in the entertainment industry.)

Ancestry of “Hit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhit"To strike."; To manage to touch in the right...
2Middle EnglishhitThird-person singular neuter pronoun: it;...
3Old Englishhitit
4Proto-Germanichitnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here

Words derived from “Hit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hit →Every word from Old English hit →