Etymology Explorer
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Where does “hitze” come from?
hitze (Middle High German) comes from Old High German hizza, from Proto-Germanic hitjō — heat.
Ancestry of “hitze”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old High German
hizza
—
2
Proto-Germanic
hitjō
heat
Words derived from “hitze”
Hitze
Hëtz
hitze
hitze
Hëtzt
hetzen
Hitzkopf
hitzig
Hitzeentwicklung
erhitzen
überhitzen
Hitzebeständigkeit
Hitzewelle
hitzefrei
hitzigot
Hitzewallung
Hitzschlag
Sommerhitze
hic
hëtzeg
Überhitzung
Afenhëtzt
hetsig
hidsig
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