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Where does “*haidu” come from?
*haidu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
Ancestry of “*haidu”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
haiduz
manner, way; personality, character; appearance
2
Proto-Indo-European
(s)kayt-
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Words derived from “*haidu”
childhood
hogshead
hade
hode
hading
bishophood
hād
hādian
hade
hod
had
bisċophād
hed
ċildhād
*efenhād
fæmnhad
martyrhad
evenhood
hodien
hoden
bischophood
childhod
hoggisheed
bischophad
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