Where does “heden” come from?

heden (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch hiudo, from Proto-Germanic hiu dagu, from Proto-Germanic hinō dagō — today, on this day.

Ancestry of “heden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchhiudotoday
2Proto-Germanichiu daguon this day
3Proto-Germanichinō dagōtoday, on this day

Words derived from “heden”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hinō dagō →Every word from Proto-Germanic hiu dagu →Every word from Old Dutch hiudo →