heath
English
/hiːθ/
noun
Definitions
- A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
- Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
- (countable) Certain butterflies and moths
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English heeth inherited from Old English hǣþ (waste, heather, untilled land, heath) 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
- clad English
- cropper English
- heathclad English
- heathcropper English
- heathland English
- heathless English
- heathlike English
- heathwort English
- heathwren English
- heathy English
- land English
- wort English
- wren English
- bucetum Latin
- bōs Latin
- Heide German
- Heidekraut German
- Heidelbeere German
- Heidelerche German
- Heidenangst German
- Heidengeld German
- Heidenlärm German
- Heidentum German
- Heiderauch German
- dopheide Dutch, Flemish
- heide Dutch, Flemish
- heideblauwtje Dutch, Flemish
- *kayt- Proto-Indo-European
- *haiþī Proto-Germanic
- Hedman Swedish
- hed Swedish
- hedpiplärka Swedish
- hæþ Old English
- hǣþ Old English
- heeth Middle English
- hethen Middle English
- heiðr Old Norse
- coed Welsh
- coeden Welsh
- coedwig Welsh
- drysgoed Welsh
- heide Middle Dutch
- heide Middle High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *haiþi gmw-pro
- *kaitos Proto-Celtic
- hētha Old Saxon
- heþ Old Swedish
- *hēthe Old Frisian
- *koɨd Proto-Brythonic