Where does “hitz” come from?

hitz (English) comes from English hit, from Middle English hit, from Old English hit, from Proto-Germanic hit, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- — demonstrative particle; here; this, here.

hitz (English): Informal spelling of hits

Definitions

  1. Informal spelling of hits

Ancestry of “hitz”, step by step

hitz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhit"To strike."; To manage to touch in the right...
2Middle EnglishhitThird-person singular neuter pronoun: it;...
3Old Englishhitit
4Proto-Germanichitnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here

via English Z

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishZZ-drug
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱe-Every word from Proto-Germanic hitEvery word from Old English hit
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