Where does “haiþi” come from?

haiþi (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic haiþī, from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- — forest, wasteland, pasture.

haiþi (Proto-West Germanic): uncultivated land, wasteland

Definitions

  1. uncultivated land, wasteland

Ancestry of “haiþi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichaiþīheath, wasteland
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱayt-forest, wasteland, pasture

Words derived from “haiþi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haiþī →