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Where does “hētha” come from?

hētha (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic haiþi, from Proto-Germanic haiþī, from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- — forest, wasteland, pasture.

Ancestry of “hētha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichaiþiuncultivated land, wasteland
2Proto-Germanichaiþīheath, wasteland
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱayt-forest, wasteland, pasture

Words derived from “hētha”

  • hoyden
  • hoydenish
  • hoydenishness
  • hoydenishly
  • hoydenism
  • dophei
  • heidens
  • heiden
  • hei
  • heisa
  • heide
  • dopheide
  • heide
  • heidin
  • hede
  • heiden
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