Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “hēt” come from?

hēt (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic hait, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy-.

Ancestry of “hēt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichaitpromise
2Proto-Germanichaitazhot
3Proto-Indo-European*keHy-—

Words derived from “hēt”

  • heteluchtbad
  • heet
  • witheet
  • loeiheet
  • bloedheet
  • heteluchtballon
  • hêet
  • heet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →