Where does “griskhet” come from?

griskhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål het, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

griskhet (Norwegian Bokmål): greed

Definitions

  1. greed

Ancestry of “griskhet”, step by step

griskhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål het

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhethot; simple past of hete
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

via Norwegian Bokmål grisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgriskavaricious, greedy
2Old Norsegriðdomicile, home
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Old Norse heitr →