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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauh

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Adjective

*hauh [1]

  1. high

Inflection

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *hauh
Genitive *hauhas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *hauh *hauhu *hauh
Accusative *hauhanā *hauhā *hauh
Genitive *hauhas *hauheʀā *hauhas
Dative *hauhumē *hauheʀē *hauhumē
Instrumental *hauhu *hauheʀu *hauhu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *hauhē *hauhō *hauhu
Accusative *hauhā *hauhā *hauhu
Genitive *hauheʀō *hauheʀō *hauheʀō
Dative *hauhēm, *hauhum *hauhēm, *hauhum *hauhēm, *hauhum
Instrumental *hauhēm, *hauhum *hauhēm, *hauhum *hauhēm, *hauhum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: hēah, hēh
    • Middle English: heigh
      • English: high
      • Scots: heich
    • Scots: he-, hey-
  • Old Frisian: hāch, hāg
    • North Frisian: huuch (Föhr-Amrum)
    • Saterland Frisian: hooch
    • West Frisian: heech
  • Old Saxon: hōh
  • Old Dutch: , hōg
  • Old High German: hōh
  • Old French: haut (conflated with Latin altus) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 315: “PWGmc *hauh”
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