Where does “heatseeker” come from?
heatseeker (English) comes from English heat, from Middle English heten, from Old English hǣtan, from Proto-West Germanic haitijan, from Proto-Germanic haitijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
heatseeker (English): A heat-seeking missile
Definitions
- A heat-seeking missile
Ancestry of “heatseeker”, step by step
heatseeker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English heat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | heat | Thermal energy; The condition or quality of being... |
| 2 | Middle English | heten | Alternative form of hetien |
| 3 | Old English | hǣtan | to heat; become hot |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | haitijan | to make hot, heat |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | haitijaną | to make hot, heat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |