Where does “hæte” come from?
hæte (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic haitį̄, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy-.
hæte (Old English): heat
Ancestry of “hæte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | haitį̄ | heat |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | *keHy- | — |