heat

heat · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*keHy-“heat; hot”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*haitį̄“heat”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*haitī
4. Old English · inherited fromhǣtu
5. Middle English · inherited fromhete
6. English todayheat

From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“heat; hot”). Cognate with Scots hete (“heat”), Saterland Frisian Hatte (“heat”), Old High German heizī (“heat”). Related also to Dutch hitte (“heat”), German Hitze (“heat”), Swedish hetta (“heat”), Faroese and Icelandic hiti (“heat”). Related to hot.

heat · verb²

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*haitijaną“to heat, make hot”
2. Old English · inherited fromhǣtan“to heat; become hot”
3. Middle English · inherited fromheten
4. English todayheat

From Middle English heten, from Old English hǣtan (“to heat; become hot”), from Proto-Germanic *haitijaną (“to heat, make hot”).

heat · verb³

1. Middle English · inherited fromheet
2. English todayheat

Either an alternative spelling of het (“heated”), a continuation of late Middle English heet, het (an analogical simple past of heten (“to heat”) created on the basis of bet, the past tense of beten (“to beat”)), or a later analogical formation from the past forms of beten's modern reflex beat.

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