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Where does “hǣþ” come from?

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

hǣþ (Old English): heath, untilled land, waste; heather; heath;...

Definitions

  1. heath, untilled land, waste; heather; heath;...

Ancestry of “hǣþ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hǣþ”

  • hath
  • Heather
  • heath
  • heather
  • heathery
  • heathy
  • heathland
  • heathered
  • heathlike
  • heathclad
  • heathwort
  • heatherlike
  • heathless
  • heatherless
  • heathcropper
  • hathir
  • hather
  • heth
  • hethe
  • heeth
  • Heather
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- →