Where does “hitt” come from?
hitt (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish hidden, from Middle High German hüeten, from Old High German huoten, from Proto-West Germanic *hōdijan.
hitt (Luxembourgish): inflection of hidden:
## third-person singular...
Definitions
- inflection of hidden:
## third-person singular...
Ancestry of “hitt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | hidden | to tend, to mind, to look after |
| 2 | Middle High German | hüeten | — |
| 3 | Old High German | huoten | to watch, take care |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hōdijan | — |