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Where does “hē” come from?

hē (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

hē (Old English): hey

Definitions

  1. hey

Ancestry of “hē”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*hiʀ—
2Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

Words derived from “hē”

  • here
  • hair
  • hers
  • hire
  • heir
  • hare
  • ho
  • hay
  • hi
  • hereby
  • herein
  • Hayes
  • hairy
  • Hare
  • hey
  • whore
  • heiress
  • hereinafter
  • hoary
  • Hayward
  • haircut
  • hearse
  • hoar
  • hereabouts
Every word from Proto-Germanic hīz →