Where does “heitur” come from?

heitur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

heitur (Icelandic): hot; hot, banging, smoking

Definitions

  1. hot; hot, banging, smoking

Ancestry of “heitur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseheitrhot
2Proto-Germanichaitazhot
3Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

Words derived from “heitur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Old Norse heitr →