Bietak shared this opinion, writing that "although this new term [heka-khawaset] perhaps was originally applied by the Egyptians in a disparaging way to the new rulers of the land, the rulers themselves employed ‘Hyksos’ as an official ruler's title".
Bietak suggests that the term "heka-khawaset," which might have initially been a derogatory label for the new rulers, became an official designation used by the rulers themselves.