Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hitjǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kéHid-ih₂ ~ *kHid-yéh₂-s, ultimately from *keHy- (“to heat; to become hot”).

Noun

*hitjǭ f

1. heat

Inflection

Declension of *hitjǭ (ōn-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*hitjǭ	*hitjōniz
vocative	*hitjǭ	*hitjōniz
accusative	*hitjōnų	*hitjōnunz
genitive	*hitjōniz	*hitjōnǫ̂
dative	*hitjōni	*hitjōmaz
instrumental	*hitjōnē	*hitjōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hittjā
  • Old Frisian: hete
  • Old Saxon: hittia
  • Old Dutch: *hitta
    • Middle Dutch: hitte
      • Dutch: hitte
        • Afrikaans: hitte
        • Negerhollands: hitte, hit, heet
  • Old High German: hizzea, hizza
    • Middle High German: hitze
      • Cimbrian: hitze, hitz (Luserna)
      • German: Hitze (see there for further descendants)
      • Luxembourgish: Hëtz
        • ⇒ Luxembourgish: Hëtzt
• Old Norse: hita
  • Icelandic: hita
  • Norwegian: hete
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉 (heitō)