Where does “shae” come from?

shae (Scots) comes from Middle English scho, from Old English hēo, from Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic hijō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- — demonstrative particle; here; this, here.

shae (Scots): shoe

Definitions

  1. shoe

Ancestry of “shae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishschoAlternative form of sche; Alternative form of...
2Old Englishhēoshe
3Germanic*hiju
4Proto-Germanichijōshe; nominative singular feminine of *hiz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱe-Every word from Proto-Germanic hijōEvery word from Germanic *hiju
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