Where does “hitze” come from?

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

hitze (German): heat

Definitions

  1. heat

Ancestry of “hitze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhitze—
2Old High Germanhizza—
3Proto-Germanichitjōheat

Words derived from “hitze”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hitjō →Every word from Old High German hizza →Every word from Middle High German hitze →