Word of the day- Hot
The adjective hot (comparative hotter, superlative hottest) usually means "being in high temperature", other meanings include "spicy", "newly made", "currently popular" and "physically attractive, sexy". Its association with sexuality dates back to the 16th century.
The English word hot cognates with Old Frisisn het, Old Franconian heit, Old Norse heitr, Danish hed, Dutch heet, German heiß , and Gothic heito.
Etymologically, hot comes from Old English hāt "hot, opposite of cold" and "fervent, fierce", from Proto-Germanic *haitaz, ultimately from PIE *kai "heat". According to Grimm's Law, or the First Consonant Shift, the voicless plosives of PIE [p, t, k] were replaced by [f, θ, x (later h)] in Proto- Germanic, thus PIE extended form *kaid- > Germanic *haitaz > Modern English hot.
The English word hot cognates with Old Frisisn het, Old Franconian heit, Old Norse heitr, Danish hed, Dutch heet, German heiß , and Gothic heito.
Etymologically, hot comes from Old English hāt "hot, opposite of cold" and "fervent, fierce", from Proto-Germanic *haitaz, ultimately from PIE *kai "heat". According to Grimm's Law, or the First Consonant Shift, the voicless plosives of PIE [p, t, k] were replaced by [f, θ, x (later h)] in Proto- Germanic, thus PIE extended form *kaid- > Germanic *haitaz > Modern English hot.
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