Where does “smidighed” come from?

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

smidighed (Danish): flexibility, suppleness, pliability

Definitions

  1. flexibility, suppleness, pliability

Ancestry of “smidighed”, step by step

smidighed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish hed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhedimperative of hedde; past tense of hedde
2Old Danishhet—
3Old Norseheitrhot
4Proto-Germanichaitazhot
5Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

via Danish smidig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsmidigsupple, lithe; plastic, soft; flexible, elastic
2Middle Low Germansmīdichforgeable
3Middle Low Germansmīdenforge
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Old Norse heitr →
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