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Where does “hies” come from?

hies (Latin) comes from Latin hio, from Proto-Italic hiāō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁i-eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁y-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰih₁-.

hies (Latin): second-person singular present active subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive...

Ancestry of “hies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinhioI yawn, gape; I stand open; I pause, connect...
2Proto-Italichiāō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰh₁i-eh₂-to gape, be wide open
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰeh₁y-to yawn, gape; to gape, be wide open; to gape,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰih₁-—
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