Where does “hot” come from?

hot (Middle English) comes from Old English hāt, from Old English hātan, from Hungarian -an, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.

hot (Middle English): hot

Definitions

  1. hot

Ancestry of “hot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhāthot, fervent, fervid, fierce
2Old Englishhātanto promise; to command, promise; to command, call...
3Hungarian-anAdded to an adjective to create an adverb; Added...
4Hungarian-áUsed to form the third-person singular indicative...
5Proto-Uralic-i—

Words derived from “hot”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -i →Every word from Hungarian -á →Every word from Hungarian -an →