Where does “hy” come from?

hy (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian hī, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

hy (West Frisian): he

Definitions

  1. he

Ancestry of “hy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianhīhe
2Proto-West Germanic*hiʀ—
3Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...
Every word from Proto-Germanic hīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ →Every word from Old Frisian hī →