Where does “-heit” come from?

-heit (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

-heit (Old High German): nature, character

Definitions

  1. nature, character

Ancestry of “-heit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
2Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—

Words derived from “-heit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haiduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -haidu →