Where does “-heit” come from?

-heit (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon -hed, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

Ancestry of “-heit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon-hedforming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns...
2Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
3Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—

Words derived from “-heit”

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