Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland. · Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae. · in Erica spp. · in Cassiope spp.
From Middle English heth, heeth, hethe, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land, waste; heather”), from Proto-West Germanic *haiþi, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī (“heath, waste, untilled land”), from Proto-Indo-European *kayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”). Cognate with Dutch heide (“heath, moorland”), German Heide (“heath, moor”), Norwegian hei (“heath”), Swedish hed (“heath, moorland”), Old Welsh coit (“forest”), Welsh coed (“forest”), Latin būcētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”) -cetum (“place of, grove of”).
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- Inherited-form mentionhethenm
- Inherited-form mentionhǣþang · heath, untilled land, waste; heather
- Inherited-form mention*haiþigmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*haiþīgem-pro · heath, waste, untilled land
- Derivation mention*kayt-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionheidenl
- Cognate mentionHeidede
- Cognate mentionheino
- Cognate mentionhedsv
- Cognate mentioncoitowl
- Cognate mentioncoedcy
- Cognate mentionbucetumla
This page abbreviates 9 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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