Where does “הייס” come from?

הייס (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German heiȥ, from Old High German heiz, from Proto-West Germanic hait, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

הייס (Yiddish): hot

Definitions

  1. hot

Ancestry of “הייס”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanheiȥ—
2Old High Germanheizhot
3Proto-West Germanichaitpromise
4Proto-Germanichaitazhot
5Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

Words derived from “הייס”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haitaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hait →