Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hijō

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

Determiner

*hijō

1. she; nominative singular feminine of *hiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hiju
  • Old English: hēo, hæo — Anglian, hiu, hia, hīo
    • Middle English: ȝho, hyo, hye, scho, hoo, sche
      • English: she (dialectal hoo, shoo)
      • Scots: she, sho
  • Old Frisian: hiō, hiū
    • Saterland Frisian: jo, ju
    • West Frisian: so, sy, se