Proto-Indo-European

*keHy-

‘to be hot’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *keHy-.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *keHy-, most familiar first.

• heat ← hete ← hǣtu ← *haitī ← *haitį̄
• het ← hette ← hǣtte ← hǣtan ← *haitijaną

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keHy-