Where does “sé” come from?
sé (Irish) comes from Middle Irish sé, from Old Irish é, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.
sé (Irish): he; it; six
Ancestry of “sé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Irish | sé | — |
| 2 | Old Irish | é | he; it; they |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éy | the; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁e- | — |