Where does “heitr” come from?

heitr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

heitr (Old Norse): hot

Definitions

  1. hot

Ancestry of “heitr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichaitazhot
2Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

Words derived from “heitr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →
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