Where does “-hed” come from?

-hed (Danish) comes from Middle Low German -heit, from Old Saxon -hed, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

-hed (Danish): function is similar to -ty and -ness

Definitions

  1. function is similar to -ty and -ness

Ancestry of “-hed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low German-heit—
2Old Saxon-hedforming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns...
3Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
4Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—

Words derived from “-hed”

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