Where does “heet” come from?

heet (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German hêt, from Old Saxon het, from Proto-West Germanic hait, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

heet (Plautdietsch): hot

Definitions

  1. hot

Ancestry of “heet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhêt—
2Old Saxonhethot, fierce
3Proto-West Germanichaitpromise
4Proto-Germanichaitazhot
5Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hait →