Where does “hem” come from?

hem (Pijin) comes from English Him, from Middle English him, from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic himmai — dative singular masculine/neuter of *hiz.

hem (Pijin): he/she/it

Definitions

  1. he/she/it

Ancestry of “hem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHimHonorific alternative letter-case form of him,...
2Middle EnglishhimThird-person singular masculine pronoun...
3Old Englishhimdative of hē: him; dative of hit: it; dative of...
4Proto-Germanichimmaidative singular masculine/neuter of *hiz

Words derived from “hem”

Every word from Proto-Germanic himmai →