Where does “hejtisto” come from?
hejtisto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto hejti, 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 — he, she.
hejtisto (Esperanto): stoker, fireman
Definitions
- stoker, fireman
Ancestry of “hejtisto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | hejti | to heat |
| 2 | English | heat | Thermal energy; The condition or quality of being... |
| 3 | Middle English | heten | Alternative form of hetien |
| 4 | Old English | hǣtan | to heat; become hot |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | haitijan | to make hot, heat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haitijaną | to make hot, heat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |