Where does “verhitten” come from?

verhitten (Dutch) comes from Dutch hitte, from Middle Dutch hitte, from Old Dutch hitta, from Proto-Germanic hitjō — heat.

verhitten (Dutch): to heat

Definitions

  1. to heat

Ancestry of “verhitten”, step by step

verhitten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch hitte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhitteheat
2Middle Dutchhitte—
3Old Dutchhittaheat
4Proto-Germanichitjōheat

via Dutch ver- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchver- -enForms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)"

Words derived from “verhitten”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hitjō →Every word from Old Dutch hitta →Every word from Middle Dutch hitte →