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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhizza—
2Proto-Germanichitjōheat

Words derived from “hitze”

  • hitzig
  • Hitzebeständigkeit
  • hitzefrei
  • Hitzewelle
  • Hitze
  • Hitzeentwicklung
  • erhitzen
  • Hitzkopf
Every word from Proto-Germanic hitjō →