Where does “-hede” come from?

-hede (Middle English) comes from Old English -hād, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

-hede (Middle English): Affixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns...

Definitions

  1. Affixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns...

Ancestry of “-hede”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-hād-hood
2Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
3Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—

Words derived from “-hede”

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