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sche

Pronunciation: /ʃeː/

“sche” is a Middle English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. Third-person singular feminine pronoun: she
  2. It; used also of inanimate objects

Etymology

Most likely from Old English hēo, hīo (“she”), from Proto-West Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic *hijō f (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”), but see she for more. Compare heo.

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