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Where does “haiþin” come from?

haiþin (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic haiþinaz — heathen, pagan.

Ancestry of “haiþin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichaiþinazheathen, pagan

Words derived from “haiþin”

  • heathen
  • heathenism
  • Heathen
  • heathenish
  • heathenry
  • Heathenry
  • heathenness
  • heathenishly
  • heathenize
  • heathenistic
  • heatheness
  • heathenishness
  • heathenise
  • heathenly
  • heathenization
  • hethenli
  • hethen
  • hǣþen
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