Where does “-heit” come from?

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

-heit (Norwegian Nynorsk): -ness

Definitions

  1. -ness

Ancestry of “-heit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Norwegian-heit—
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 “-heit”

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