Where does “hētan” come from?

hētan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic haitan, from Proto-Germanic haitaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.

hētan (Old Dutch): to call, to name

Definitions

  1. to call, to name

Ancestry of “hētan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichaitanto address, to call; to name; to be called
2Proto-Germanichaitanąto address, to call; to name; to be called
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle

Words derived from “hētan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haitan →
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