An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Heimat

by Friedrich Kluge

Heimat, feminine, from the equivalent Middle High German heimôt, heimuot, heimuote, feminine and neuter, Old High German heimuoti, heimôti, n, ‘native place’; a derivative of Heim. Gothic *haimôdi is wanting (haimôþli, ‘native land or fields,’ is used instead, Old High German heimuodili). Respecting -ôdi as a suffix, see Armut, Einöde.