Where does “-het” come from?

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

-het (Norwegian Bokmål): Suffix giving an adjective a nounal meaning;...

Definitions

  1. Suffix giving an adjective a nounal meaning;...

Ancestry of “-het”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low German-hēt—
2Middle Low German-heit—
3Old Saxon-hedforming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns...
4Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
5Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—

Words derived from “-het”

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