Etymology Explorer › Old Swedish

Where does “hita” come from?

hita (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse hiti, from Proto-Germanic haitį̄, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy-.

Ancestry of “hita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehitiheat
2Proto-Germanichaitį̄heat
3Proto-Indo-European*keHy-—

Words derived from “hita”

  • hetta
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →