Where does “heida” come from?

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

heida (Old High German): wilderness

Definitions

  1. wilderness

Ancestry of “heida”, step by step

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

Words derived from “heida”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haiþī →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haiþi →
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