Where does “hit” come from?

hit (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic hit, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- — demonstrative particle; here; this, here.

hit (Old Dutch): it

Definitions

  1. it

Ancestry of “hit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichitnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here

Words derived from “hit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hit →