Where does “heit” come from?

heit (Westrobothnian) comes from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

heit (Westrobothnian): hot; eager; be called or named; have a name

Definitions

  1. hot; eager; be called or named; have a name

Ancestry of “heit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseheitrhot
2Proto-Germanichaitazhot
3Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Old Norse heitr →