Where does “heshet” come from?
heshet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hes, from Old Norse háss, from Proto-Germanic haisaz, from Proto-Germanic -raz, from Proto-Indo-European -rós — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
heshet (Norwegian Bokmål): hoarseness, huskiness
Definitions
- hoarseness, huskiness
Ancestry of “heshet”, step by step
heshet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål hes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hes | hoarse, husky |
| 2 | Old Norse | háss | hoarse |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | haisaz | hoarse |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -raz | Forms adjectives from verbal roots, which usually... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -rós | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |
via Norwegian Bokmål het
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | het | hot; simple past of hete |
| 2 | Old Norse | heitr | hot |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | haitaz | hot |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *keHy- | to heat |
via Swedish hes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hes | hoarse |