Where does “hi” come from?

hi (Middle Low German) comes from Middle Low German hê, from Old Saxon hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

hi (Middle Low German): Alternative form of hê

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of hê

Ancestry of “hi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhêhe
2Old Saxonhēhe
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 Saxon hē →