Where does “het” come from?

het (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic hait, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

het (Old Saxon): hot, fierce

Definitions

  1. hot, fierce

Ancestry of “het”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichaitpromise
2Proto-Germanichaitazhot
3Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

Words derived from “het”

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