Where does “Heft” come from?

Heft (Pennsylvania German) comes from Middle High German hefte, from Old High German hefti, from Proto-Germanic haftiją, from Indo-European *kap-.

Heft (Pennsylvania German): hilt

Definitions

  1. hilt

Ancestry of “Heft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhefte—
2Old High Germanhefti—
3Proto-Germanichaftijąhaft, handle
4Indo-European*kap-—
Every word from Indo-European *kap- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haftiją →Every word from Old High German hefti →