Where does “heide” come from?

heide (Middle High German) comes from Old High German heida, from Proto-West Germanic haiþi, from Proto-Germanic haiþī, from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- — forest, wasteland, pasture.

Ancestry of “heide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanheidawilderness
2Proto-West Germanichaiþiuncultivated land, wasteland
3Proto-Germanichaiþīheath, wasteland
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱayt-forest, wasteland, pasture

Words derived from “heide”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haiþī →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haiþi →