hæþ
Old English
noun
Definitions
- wasteland, wilderness, heath
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *haiþī (heath, wasteland, untilled land, waste) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kayt- (pasture, forest, wasteland).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kayt-
Gloss
pasture, forest, wasteland
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
森
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bucetum Latin
- Heide German
- Heidekraut German
- Heidelbeere German
- Heidelerche German
- Heidenangst German
- Heidengeld German
- Heidenlärm German
- Heidentum German
- Heiderauch German
- dophei Dutch, Flemish
- hei Dutch, Flemish
- heikneuter Dutch, Flemish
- heisa Dutch, Flemish
- *kayt- Proto-Indo-European
- *haiduz Proto-Germanic
- *haiþī Proto-Germanic
- heider Norwegian Nynorsk
- hǣþ Old English
- heiðr Old Norse
- hede Danish
- hæder Danish
- heiði Icelandic
- heiður Icelandic
- heida Old High German
- heidano Old High German
- heiði Faroese
- heiður Faroese
- heide Middle High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *haiþi gmw-pro
- *kaitos Proto-Celtic
- hētha Old Saxon
- heþ Old Swedish
- hēdher Old Swedish
- *hēthe Old Frisian