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Where does “henene” come from?

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

Ancestry of “henene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishheonanfrom here, hence
2Old Englishhēhey
3Proto-West Germanic*hiʀ—
4Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

Words derived from “henene”

  • heonne
  • hinne
  • henne
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