Where does “he” come from?

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

he (Middle English): Third-person singular masculine pronoun: he; it;...

Definitions

  1. Third-person singular masculine pronoun: he; it;...

Ancestry of “he”, step by step

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

Words derived from “he”

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