Where does “eh” come from?

eh (Manx) comes from Old Irish é, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.

eh (Manx): he, him; it

Definitions

  1. he, him; it

Ancestry of “eh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishéhe; it; they
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁e- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European éy →Every word from Old Irish é →