Where does “hoe” come from?

hoe (Middle English) comes from Middle English heo, from Old English hēo, from Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic hijō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- — demonstrative particle; here; this, here.

hoe (Middle English): Alternative form of heo; Alternative form of he

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of heo; Alternative form of he

Ancestry of “hoe”, step by step

hoe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English heo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishheoThird-person singular feminine nominative...
2Old Englishhēoshe
3Germanic*hiju—
4Proto-Germanichijōshe; nominative singular feminine of *hiz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here

via Middle English he

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-Indo-European ḱe- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hijō →Every word from Germanic *hiju →