Where does “הוא” come from?
הוא (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew הָוָה — to be.
הוא (Hebrew): he, it; is; Archaic spelling of הִיא
Definitions
- he, it; is; Archaic spelling of הִיא
Ancestry of “הוא”, step by step
הוא traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hebrew הָוָה
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | הָוָה | to be |
via Proto-Semitic *šuʔa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Semitic | *šuʔa | he (masculine third-person singular personal pronoun) |