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Where does “hitze” come from?

hitze (German) comes from Middle High German hitze, from Old High German hizza, from Proto-Germanic hitjō — heat.

Ancestry of “hitze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhitze—
2Old High Germanhizza—
3Proto-Germanichitjōheat
Every word from Proto-Germanic hitjō →