Etymograph

English

Heit

Heit comes from Old High German heit ‘manner, character’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *haiduz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haiduz‘manner’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haudureconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050heit‘manner, character’
  4. EnglishtodayHeit

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*haiduz‘manner’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*haudureconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050heit‘manner, character’
  4. EnglishtodayHeit

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *keyt- ‘clear, bright, shining’

cheetah, 2 more

through Proto-Germanic *haiduz ‘manner’

hade, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *haiduz / Heit

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