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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*at
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at

Words derived from “hit

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂édEvery word from Germanic *at