Where does “heaþo-” come from?

heaþo- (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic haþuz, from Proto-Indo-European kéh₃tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

heaþo- (Old English): war, battle

Definitions

  1. war, battle

Ancestry of “heaþo-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichaþuzbattle, fight
2Proto-Indo-Europeankéh₃tusfight
3Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “heaþo-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kéh₃tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic haþuz →