Where does “heît” come from?

heît (Jersey Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch hêet, from Old Dutch hēt, from Proto-West Germanic hait, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

heît (Jersey Dutch): hot (very warm)

Definitions

  1. hot (very warm)

Ancestry of “heît”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchhêethot
2Old Dutchhēthot
3Proto-West Germanichaitpromise
4Proto-Germanichaitazhot
5Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hait →