Where does “huy” come from?
huy (Middle French) comes from Old French hui, from Latin hodiē, from Latin hōc, from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
huy (Middle French): today
Ancestry of “huy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | hui | today |
| 2 | Latin | hodiē | — |
| 3 | Latin | hōc | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 6 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 7 | German | kitt | — |
| 8 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |