Where does “-hed” come from?

-hed (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

-hed (Old Saxon): forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns...

Definitions

  1. forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns...

Ancestry of “-hed”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-hed”

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