Where does “hoi” come from?
hoi (Rapa Nui) comes from English HORSE, from Middle English horse, from Old English hors, from Proto-West Germanic hross, from Proto-Germanic hrussą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.
hoi (Rapa Nui): horse
Ancestry of “hoi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | HORSE | A poker variant consisting of five different... |
| 2 | Middle English | horse | Alternative form of hors; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | hors | horse |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hross | horse |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrussą | horse |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |