Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hit

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱe(y)- (“this, here”).

Determiner

1. nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz

Descendants

• Old English: hit
  • Middle English: hit, it
    • English: it, hit (dialectal)
    • Scots: it
• Old Frisian: hit, et
  • Saterland Frisian: et
  • West Frisian: it
• Old Saxon: hit
  • Middle Low German: hit
    • Low German: et, it
    • Plautdietsch: et
• Old Dutch: hit
  • Middle Dutch: hit, het
    • Dutch: het
    • Limburgish: hèt
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐍄𐌰 (hita)

See also

• Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/it