Proto-Germanic
*hiz
‘this, this one’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *hiz.
10 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *hiz, most familiar first.
- he ← *hiʀ
- his ← hes ← *hes
- her ← here ← hire
- him
- here ← her ← hēr ← *hēr ← *hē₂r
- hey ← *hē ← *hiʀ
- en ← hē ← *hiʀ
- hence ← heonan ← *hin-
- hitherto ← hiderto ← hider ← *hidrê
- hither ← hider ← *hidrê
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hiz