Where does “het” come from?
Heat derives from Middle English heten, Old English hǣtan, Proto-Germanic haitį̄, and Proto-Indo-European kayd-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots -éyeti and -h₂.
het (English): A heterosexual person; Fan fiction based on...
Definitions
- A heterosexual person; Fan fiction based on...
Ancestry of “het”, step by step
| 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 |