Where does “hêt” come from?

hêt (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon het, from Proto-West Germanic hait, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

Ancestry of “hêt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonhethot, fierce
2Proto-West Germanichaitpromise
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

Words derived from “hêt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hait →