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It is formed from a demonstrative stem and the deictic particle [[-ce|t=here]], which appears as ⟨-c⟩ in most forms.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs the stem as [[m|itc-pro|*χo]], [[inh|ine-pro|*ǵʰe/o-|t=this]], one of the many deictic elements of PIE, and the particle as [[m|ine-pro|*-ḱe]]; the masculine, older [[m|la|hec]], comes from [[m|itc-pro|*hi-ke]].^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD calls the first element uncertain.^(OLD 2012) Most of the case forms were taken over from ordinary adjectives, and the feminine ⟨haec⟩ was modelled on [[m|la|quae]].^(de Vaan 2008)
− Possible cognates are [[xfa|hec|t=here]] and the element [[xum|-hont]] of Umbrian “erahunt” (the same), which would prove a Proto-Italic origin.^(de Vaan 2008)
+ Possible cognates are [[xfa|hec|t=here]] and the element [[xum|-hont]] of Umbrian ⟨erahunt⟩ “the same”, which would prove a Proto-Italic origin.^(de Vaan 2008)
==Earliest recorded meaning==