Where does “îi” come from?

îi (Romanian) comes from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

îi (Romanian): to him; to her; them

Definitions

  1. to him; to her; them

Ancestry of “îi”, step by step

îi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin īre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīre—
2Proto-ItaliceōI go
3Proto-Italicejō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Latin illī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinillīfound in
2Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
3LatinolleArchaic form of ille
4Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Italic ejō →