Where does “heidendom” come from?

heidendom (Dutch) comes from Dutch heiden, from Middle Dutch heidin, from Middle Dutch heide, from Old Dutch heitha, from Proto-West Germanic haiþi, from Proto-Germanic haiþī, from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- — forest, wasteland, pasture.

heidendom (Dutch): paganism, heathendom polytheistic religious tradition

Definitions

  1. paganism, heathendom polytheistic religious tradition

Ancestry of “heidendom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchheidenheathen, pagan, person who does not follow an...
2Middle Dutchheidinpagan
3Middle Dutchheideheath
4Old Dutchheitha—
5Proto-West Germanichaiþiuncultivated land, wasteland
6Proto-Germanichaiþīheath, wasteland
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱayt-forest, wasteland, pasture
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