Where does “smidighet” come from?

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

smidighet (Norwegian Bokmål): agility, suppleness, flexibility

Definitions

  1. agility, suppleness, flexibility

Ancestry of “smidighet”, step by step

smidighet 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 smidig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsmidigmalleable; agile, supple
2Middle Low Germansmīdichforgeable
3Middle Low Germansmīdenforge
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Old Norse heitr →