Where does “heaþowæd” come from?

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

heaþowæd (Old English): war-dress, armour

Definitions

  1. war-dress, armour

Ancestry of “heaþowæd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishheaþo-war, battle
2Proto-Germanichaþuzbattle, fight
3Proto-Indo-Europeankéh₃tusfight
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kéh₃tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic haþuz →