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Where does “hæthær” come from?

hæthær (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse heiðr, from Proto-Germanic haiþī, from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- — forest, wasteland, pasture.

Ancestry of “hæthær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseheiðrhonour, honor, worth; heath, moor; bright, clear,...
2Proto-Germanichaiþīheath, wasteland
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱayt-forest, wasteland, pasture
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