Where does “ee” come from?

ee (Manx) comes from Old Irish sí, from Proto-Celtic sī, from Proto-Indo-European sih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ee (Manx): she; her; it

Definitions

  1. she; her; it

Ancestry of “ee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsíshe; it; Alternative spelling of síi
2Proto-Celticsīshe
3Proto-Indo-Europeansih₂she
4Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “ee”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sih₂ →