Where does “hit” come from?
hit (Dutch) comes from Dutch Hitlander, from Dutch Hitland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, from Old Norse hjalt, from Proto-Germanic heltą, from Proto-Indo-European kel- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.
hit (Dutch): A hit song, a very popular and successful song; A...
Definitions
- A hit song, a very popular and successful song; A...
Ancestry of “hit”, step by step
hit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Hitlander
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Hitlander | a Shetlander person from Shetland |
| 2 | Dutch | Hitland | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | Hjaltland | Shetland |
| 4 | Old Norse | hjalt | hilt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | heltą | handle; hilt |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |
via English hit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hit | "To strike."; To manage to touch in the right... |
| 2 | Middle English | hit | Third-person singular neuter pronoun: it;... |
| 3 | Old English | hit | it |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hit | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe- | demonstrative particle; here; this, here |