Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “hed” come from?

hed (Danish) comes from Old Danish het, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy-.

hed (Danish): imperative of hedde; past tense of hedde

Definitions

  1. imperative of hedde; past tense of hedde

Ancestry of “hed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishhet—
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →