Where does “heet” come from?

heet (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch hêet, from Old Dutch hēt, from Proto-West Germanic hait, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

heet (Dutch): hot; spicy, hot

Definitions

  1. hot; spicy, hot

Ancestry of “heet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchhêethot
2Old Dutchhēthot
3Proto-West Germanichaitpromise
4Proto-Germanichaitazhot
5Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

Words derived from “heet

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy-