Where does “hay” come from?

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

hay (Middle English): Alternative form of haye; Alternative form of...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of haye; Alternative form of...

Ancestry of “hay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhēhey
2Proto-West Germanic*hiʀ—
3Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

Words derived from “hay”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ →Every word from Old English hē →