-heit
German (Berlin)
/-ˌhaɪ̯t/, /-aɪ̯t/
suffix
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German -heit inherited from Old High German -heit inherited from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (state, condition, manner, appearance, character, kind, quality, personality, person, rank, way).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*haiduz
Gloss
state, condition, manner, appearance, character, kind, quality, personality, person, rank, way
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
人
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -head English
- -hood English
- -heid Dutch, Flemish
- tegenwoordigheid Dutch, Flemish
- werkzaamheid Dutch, Flemish
- zelfgenoegzaamheid Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)kayt- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kāy- Proto-Indo-European
- -het Norwegian Bokmål
- tålmodighet Norwegian Bokmål
- *haiduz Proto-Germanic
- -het Swedish
- sevärdhet Swedish
- *-hǣd Old English
- -had Old English
- -hād Old English
- had Old English
- hād Old English
- -hed Middle English
- -hod Middle English
- heiðr Old Norse
- -hed Danish
- -heit Middle Dutch
- -heit Old High German
- heit Old High German
- -heid Afrikaans
- -heit Middle High German
- -heet Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- ־הייט Yiddish
- -heid Old Dutch
- -heit Middle Low German
- -hed Old Saxon
- -het Old Swedish
- -heet Pennsylvania German
- -heet Central Franconian