heed

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kadʰ-“to heed, protect”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hōdijan“to heed, guard”
3. Old English · inherited fromhēdan“to heed, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive”
4. Middle English · inherited fromheden
5. English todayheed

From Middle English heden, from Old English hēdan (“to heed, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōdijan (“to heed, guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to heed, protect”). Cognate with West Frisian hoedje (“to heed”), Dutch hoeden (“to heed”), German hüten (“to heed”).

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