Where does “hit” come from?

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

hit (Old Frisian): it

Definitions

  1. it

Ancestry of “hit”, step by step

hit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic hit

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

via Germanic *hit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*hit—

Words derived from “hit”

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