Where does “hēte” come from?

hēte (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic haitį̄, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

Ancestry of “hēte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*haitī
2Proto-Germanichaitį̄heat
3Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy-Every word from Proto-Germanic haitį̄Every word from Proto-West Germanic *haitī
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