Where does “Heather” come from?
Heather comes from Middle English hather, from Old English hǣþ, from Proto-Germanic haiþī, from Proto-Indo-European kayt-.
Ancestry of “Heather”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hather | — |
| 2 | Old English | hǣddre | — |
Words derived from “Heather”