Where does “him” come from?

him (Middle English) comes from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic himmai — dative singular masculine/neuter of *hiz.

him (Middle English): Third-person singular masculine pronoun...

Definitions

  1. Third-person singular masculine pronoun...

Ancestry of “him”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhimdative of hē: him; dative of hit: it; dative of...
2Proto-Germanichimmaidative singular masculine/neuter of *hiz

Words derived from “him”

Every word from Proto-Germanic himmai →