sche
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- she, che, se, sheo, scheo, scheu, scheue, ȝho, sse, sso, sȝheo, sce, sge, xe, scæ, shoe, schou, schowe, shouȝ, shue, schu, schue, shae, scha, schoe, sco, cho, so, sho, scho, shoy, schoy, cheo, choy, sheu, shou, shuo, xhe
Etymology[edit]
From Old English hēo, hīo (“she”), from Proto-Germanic *hijō f (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”).
Pronoun[edit]
sche (accusative hire, his, genitive hire, possessive determiner hires)
Usage notes[edit]
In addition to referring to female humans and animals, this pronoun was used for inanimate objects belonging to the feminine grammatical gender early in Middle English. As grammatical gender obsolesced, this pronoun continued to refer to inanimate objects.
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “she, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 May 2018.
Romansch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
sche
Categories:
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English pronouns
- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch lemmas
- Romansch conjunctions