Where does “hee” come from?

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

hee (Middle English): Alternative form of he

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of he

Ancestry of “hee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishheThird-person singular masculine pronoun: he; it;...
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 →