Where does “-heit” come from?

-heit (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -heit, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

-heit (Middle Dutch): ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective

Definitions

  1. ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective

Ancestry of “-heit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch-heitness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective
2Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
3Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—

Words derived from “-heit”

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