heit

father, dad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hai̯t/

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Frisian: aatj

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰

Cognate with Low German: Tatte

Cognate with English: dad

In summary

A former term of endearment which has widely displaced faar, just as mem (“mother”) has displaced moer. Cognate with North Frisian aatj (“father”), most likely from Proto-Germanic *attô, whence also Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta). The h- would appear to be prothetic; compare the variant deite, which is further comparable to East Frisian Low German Tatte, English dad, etc.

Sentences

Mail heit oer de belesting.

Mail dad about the tax.

Mar jo heit hat dus altyd lesjûn?

But your father always taught?

Syn heit stjoerde him sonder iten op bêd .

His father sent him to bed without food.

Je waarden skipper of skipperske omdat jo heit skipper wie.

You became a skipper because your father was a skipper.

Ik tink dat dat foar ús heit heel slim west hat.

I think that was very bad for our father.

Heit wie doe oer de tachtich en mem mear as santich jier .

Father was then in his eighties and mother more than seventy.