Where does “heit” come from?

heit (Dutch) comes from West Frisian heit, from Old Frisian atta, from Proto-West Germanic attō, from Proto-Germanic attô, from Proto-Indo-European átta — father.

heit (Dutch): dad, father

Definitions

  1. dad, father

Ancestry of “heit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Frisianheitfather, dad
2Old Frisianattafather
3Proto-West Germanicattōfather; forefather
4Proto-Germanicattôfather, dad; forefather
5Proto-Indo-Europeanáttafather
Every word from Proto-Indo-European átta →Every word from Proto-Germanic attô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic attō →