Where does “hêet” come from?

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

hêet (Middle Dutch): hot

Definitions

  1. hot

Ancestry of “hêet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchhēthot
2Proto-West Germanichaitpromise
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

Words derived from “hêet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hait →