- enPR: hī, IPA: /haɪ/, X-SAMPA: /haI/ Audio (US) (file) Audio
(UK) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪ - Homophones: hi, hie Etymology 1
From Middle English hiȝe, huȝe, huiȝe, huie, hige, from Old
English hyġe (“thought, mind, heart, disposition, intention,
courage, pride”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“mind, sense”), of
unknown origin. Cognate with North Frisian huwggje (“mind,
sense”), Middle Low German höge, hoge (“thought, meaning, mood,
happiness”), Middle High German hüge, huge, hoge (“mind, spirit,
memory”), Danish hu (“mind”), Swedish håg (“mind, inclination”),
Icelandic hugur (“mind”). Related to Hugh. high (plural highs)
Etymology 2  From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old
English hēah (“high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,
illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”), from
Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-
(“to bend, curve, arch, vault”), a suffixed form of *kew-.
Cognate with Scots heich (“high”), Eastern Frisian hag (“high”),
West Frisian heech (“hig