Where does “hellkite” come from?

hellkite (English) comes from English kite, from Middle English kyte, from Middle English kite, from Middle English kete, from Old English cȳta, from Proto-Germanic kūtijô, from Latvian kūt, from Proto-Indo-European gū- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

hellkite (English): A person who is cruel and wicked, like a devil

Definitions

  1. A person who is cruel and wicked, like a devil

Ancestry of “hellkite”, step by step

hellkite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English kite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkiteA bird of prey of the family Accipitridae; A...
2Middle EnglishkyteA kite
3Middle EnglishkiteAlternative form of kyte
4Middle EnglishketeAlternative form of kyte; a kite endemic to...
5Old Englishcȳtakite, bittern; kite; bittern
6Proto-Germanickūtijôkite
7Latviankūtto hit, to strike
8Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via English Hell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHellAny of various places so named
2Germanhellento brighten
3Middle High Germanhëllento sound, to resound, to ring out; to echo
4Old High Germanhëllan
5Proto-Germanichellanąto resound, make a sound
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-