Where does “het” come from?

het (Yola) comes from Middle English hete, from Old English hete, from Proto-West Germanic hati, from Proto-Germanic hataz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₂d- — hatred, angriness; strong emotion.

het (Yola): heat

Definitions

  1. heat

Ancestry of “het”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishheteHeat; thermal energy and a medieval element
2Old Englishhetehatred, malice
3Proto-West Germanichatihate
4Proto-Germanichatazhate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₂d-hatred, angriness; strong emotion
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hataz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hati →