Where does “it” come from?
it (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon it, from Proto-Germanic it — nominative/accusative singular neuter of *iz.
it (Middle Low German): it
Ancestry of “it”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | it | it |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | it | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *iz |