Etymology Explorer
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Where does “hit” come from?
hit (Old Swedish) comes from Germanic *at, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd — to, at.
Ancestry of “hit”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Germanic
*at
—
2
Proto-Indo-European
h₂éd
to, at
Words derived from “hit”
hit
hithörande
hitlista
hitmakare
hitom
hitre
hittills
hitåt
turkhit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd →
Every word from Germanic *at →