Where does “hemi” come from?
hemi (Pijin) comes from Pijin i, from English he, from Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...
hemi (Pijin): Form of hem that does not require i to be placed...
Definitions
- Form of hem that does not require i to be placed...
Ancestry of “hemi”, step by step
hemi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Pijin i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pijin | i | Separates the subject of a sentence from the... |
| 2 | English | he | A male person or animal already known or implied;... |
| 3 | Middle English | he | Third-person singular masculine pronoun: he; it;... |
| 4 | Old English | hē | hey |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *hiʀ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hīz | nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these... |
via Pijin hem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pijin | hem | he/she/it |
| 2 | English | Him | Honorific alternative letter-case form of him,... |
| 3 | Middle English | him | Third-person singular masculine pronoun... |
| 4 | Old English | him | dative of hē: him; dative of hit: it; dative of... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | himmai | dative singular masculine/neuter of *hiz |