Where does “-heid” come from?

-heid (Limburgish) comes from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

-heid (Limburgish): hood, -ness, -ity forms abstract nouns indicating a state of being

Definitions

  1. hood, -ness, -ity forms abstract nouns indicating a state of being

Ancestry of “-heid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
2Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—

Words derived from “-heid”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haiduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -haidu →
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