heita
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to be called, to be named
- (transitive) to promise
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *haitaną (name, command, call, address, be called, be call, summon) derived from Proto-Indo-European *key(w)-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*key(w)-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- souhaiter French
- *kei- Proto-Indo-European
- *key(w)- Proto-Indo-European
- *keyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *haitaną Proto-Germanic
- *hehait Proto-Germanic
- heta Swedish
- heita Norwegian Nynorsk
- heite Norwegian Nynorsk
- ahatan Old English
- andettan Old English
- behatan Old English
- forhatan Old English
- gehatan Old English
- hatan Old English
- hātan Old English
- hēht Old English
- onhatan Old English
- hoten Middle English
- heiti Old Norse
- hedde Danish
- sohaidier Old French
- heit Icelandic
- heita Icelandic
- heizen Old High German
- heizzan Old High German
- eita Faroese
- heita Faroese
- eischen Middle High German
- heizen Middle High German
- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍄𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌿𐍃𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *haitan gmw-pro
- *haitijan gmw-pro
- hetan Old Dutch
- hētan Old Dutch
- hetan Old Saxon
- heta Old Swedish
- hēta, heta Old Swedish
- *haitan Frankish
- hēta Old Frisian
- hetæ Old Danish
- hasa Vilamovian
- ᚺᚨᛁᛏᛖ Proto-Norse