Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haiduz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Apparently identical to Sanskrit केतु (ketú, “brightness, light; appearance, form, mark”), from Proto-Indo-European *koyt-ús, from the root *keyt- (“clear, bright, shining”), whence also *haidraz (“clear, bright”). A pre-form *keydʰ- is also possible.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑi̯.ðuz/

*haiduz m

1. manner, way
2. personality, character
3. appearance, aspect
4. rank, degree, status
5. state, condition
6. kind, sort; gender
7. (in compounds) -hood

• Proto-West Germanic: *haidu; *-haidu, *-haidi
  • Old English: hād, -hād; *hǣd, *-hǣd, *-hǣdu
    • Middle English: had, hod, hode, hede; -had, -hod, -hed, -hede
      • Scots: had, hade, haid, -heid
      • English: hade, hede, hode, -hood; -head
  • Old Frisian: -hēd
    • Saterland Frisian: -haid, -gaid
    • West Frisian: -heid
  • Old Saxon: -hēd
    • Middle Low German: -heit
      • German Low German: -heid (East Frisian), -heit (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommerisch, Paderbornisch), -heet, -het
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: -het
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: -heit
      • → Swedish: -het
      • → Danish: -hed
      • → Icelandic: -heit
  • Old Dutch: *-hēd, *-heid
    • Middle Dutch: -heit
      • Dutch: -heid
        • Afrikaans: -heid
  • Old High German: heit, -heit
    • Middle High German: -heit
      • German: -heit, -keit
      • Yiddish: ־הייט (-heyt), ־קייט (-keyt)
  • >? Old French: hait (“emotion, joy”)
    • ⇒ Old French: haitier
• Old Norse: heiðr
  • Icelandic: heiður
  • Faroese: heiður
  • Norwegian Bokmål: heder
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heider
  • Old Swedish: hēþer
    • Swedish: heder
  • Danish: hæder
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (haidus)