Hi!

[ex-nikitagr.livejournal.com]

Каково происхождение этого приветствия? Не является ли оно редуцированным hey?

Где оно впервые появилось - в Штатах или в Британии?

update Всем спасибо. Ответ достаточно исчерпывающий

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http://www.etymonline.com/h3etym.htm

[hotgiraffe.livejournal.com]

hi - greeting, 1862, Amer.Eng. (first recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian), originally to attract attention, probably a variant of M.E. hy, hey (c.1475) also an exclamation to call attention. Extended form hiya attested from 1940.

hey - call to attract attention, c.1225, possibly a natural expression (cf. Roman eho, Gk. eia, Ger. hei).

Re: http://www.etymonline.com/h3etym.htm

[ex-nikitagr.livejournal.com]

спасибо за ссылку

[rydel23.livejournal.com]

А может от немецкого Heil?

[enigmata.livejournal.com]

Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition

Hi

1. An exclamation used to call attention.

?c1475 Hunt. Hare 136 Thei cryed, ‘Hy, hy!’ all at ones ‘Kyll! kyll! for kockes bownes!’ 1747 Gentl. Mag. 39 Hold, hold, 'tis a double; hark hey! bowler hye! If a thousand gainsay it, a thousand shall lye. 1847 ALB. SMITH Chr. Tadpole xxx. (1879) 267 ‘Hi!’ cried the brigand, giving the mule a bang with the butt-end of his musket. ‘Hi!’ 1886 FENN This Man's Wife II. ii, It was not a thrilling word..it was only a summonsan arrest. Hi! 1894 In Alpine Valley I. 47 Here, hi! have a cigar? 1897 Daily News 2 Oct. 3/3 A good lunch, and then hi! for the Crystal Palace.



2. A word of greeting. colloq. (chiefly N. Amer.).

1862 M. D. COLT Went to Kansas ix. 143 When out on the prairie, up galloped an Indian on his pony with his saluting ‘hi!’ 1885 ‘P. PERKINS’ Familiar Lett. (1886) 33 We would have had to walk, I believe, if a man hadn't come along and let out the most satisfactory ‘Hi, there!’ you've ever heard, and stopped a car. 1920 F. SCOTT FITZGERALD This Side of Paradise (1921) II. i. 199 Alec: Hi, Amory! Amory: Hi, Alec! Tom said he'd meet you at the theatre. 1951 J. D. SALINGER Catcher in Rye iii. 26 He..came in the room. ‘Hi,’ he said..like he was terrifically bored. 1953 H. CLEVELY Public Enemy xviii. 111 Tillic nodded to the uniformed commissionaire..and said: ‘Hi, Charlie,’ and they entered. 1959 I. & P. OPIE Lore & Lang. Schoolch. vii. 116 Hi, Roy Rogers! How about a date? 1963 H. GARNER in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories 2nd Ser. (1968) 50 ‘Hi, Eric!’ shouted Pete Adams..from where he was standing at the drinking fountain. 1972 WODEHOUSE Pearls, Girls & Monty Bodkin ii. 28 A musical voice in his left ear said ‘Hi’. 1973 Black Panther 11 Aug. 2/2 (letter to editor), Hi, I've been following serialization of Operation Gemstone in the Panther Paper.