heiti

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*haitaną“to call, name, order”
2. Old Norse · derived fromheita“to be named”
3. Old Norse · derived fromheiti
4. Icelandic · borrowed fromheiti
5. English todayheiti

From Icelandic heiti, from Old Norse heiti, from Old Norse heita (“to be named”), from Proto-Germanic *haitaną (“to call, name, order”). Doublet of hight.