Where does “hoy” come from?

hoy (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish oy, from Latin hodiē, from Latin hōc, from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

hoy (Spanish): today

Definitions

  1. today

Ancestry of “hoy”, step by step

hoy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish oy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishoytoday
2Latinhodiētoday
3Latinhōcfor this reason, because of this
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
6Middle Englishkyt—
7Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
8Old High Germankuti—
9Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
10Proto-Germanickweduzresin
11Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
12Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Latin ībis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinībisibis (wading bird)
2Latineōto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)
3Proto-ItaliceōI go
4Proto-Italicejō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “hoy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →