hewe

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱey-“to lie with, store, be familiar”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hīwô“relative, fellow-lodger, family”
3. Old English · inherited fromhīwa“member of a family”
4. Middle English · inherited fromhewe
5. English todayhewe

From Middle English hewe, from Old English hīwa (“member of a family”), from Proto-Germanic *hīwô (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). More at hind.

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