Where does “Heizdraht” come from?
Heizdraht (German) comes from German heizen, from Middle High German heiȥen, from Old High German heizen, 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.
Heizdraht (German): heating wire
Definitions
- heating wire
Ancestry of “Heizdraht”, step by step
Heizdraht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German heizen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | heizen | to heat |
| 2 | Middle High German | heiȥen | to be called, to call |
| 3 | Old High German | heizen | to heat |
| 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 |