Where does “hedhi” come from?
hedhi (Swahili) comes from Cornish i, from English eyes, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.
hedhi (Swahili): menstruation
Ancestry of “hedhi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Cornish | i | they |
| 2 | English | eyes | plural of eye; Third-person singular simple... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éy | the; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁e- | — |