Where does “hitamælir” come from?
hitamælir (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic hiti, from Old Norse hiti, from Proto-Germanic haitį̄, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy-.
hitamælir (Icelandic): thermometer
Ancestry of “hitamælir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | hiti | heat; fever; temperature |
| 2 | Old Norse | hiti | heat |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | haitį̄ | heat |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *keHy- | — |