Where does “it” come from?

it (Jamaican Creole) comes from English IT, from Middle English it, from Old English hit, from Proto-Germanic hit, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- — demonstrative particle; here; this, here.

it (Jamaican Creole): to hit

Definitions

  1. to hit

Ancestry of “it”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishITInitialism of information technology; Initialism...
2Middle EnglishitAlternative form of hit
3Old Englishhitit
4Proto-Germanichitnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hit →Every word from Old English hit →