Where does “hoy” come from?

hoy (Scots) comes from Old Norse ey, from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚢᛃᚢ, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.

hoy (Scots): to throw

Definitions

  1. to throw

Ancestry of “hoy”, step by step

hoy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse ey

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseeyalways, ever; island
2Proto-Norse*ᚨᚢᛃᚢ—
3Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
4Proto-Germanicagwjō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

via Old Norse há

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehá"eh! what do you say?"; aftergrass; Alternative...
2Proto-Germanichah(w)ō—

Words derived from “hoy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic agwjō →Every word from Proto-Germanic awjō →