Where does “heid” come from?

heid (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon hētha, from Proto-West Germanic haiþi, from Proto-Germanic haiþī, from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- — forest, wasteland, pasture.

Ancestry of “heid”, step by step

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

Words derived from “heid”

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