Where does “-heit” come from?
-heit (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
Ancestry of “-heit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |