Where does “hi” come from?
hi (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch hīe, from Old Dutch hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...
hi (Middle Dutch): he
Ancestry of “hi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | hīe | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | hē | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *hiʀ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hīz | nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these... |