Where does “church-hay” come from?

church-hay (Middle English) comes from Middle English hay, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

church-hay (Middle English): churchyard, burial ground

Definitions

  1. churchyard, burial ground

Ancestry of “church-hay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishhayAlternative form of haye; Alternative form of...
2Old Englishhēhey
3Proto-West Germanic*hiʀ—
4Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...
Every word from Proto-Germanic hīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ →Every word from Old English hē →