hey
Icelandic
/heiː/
noun
Definitions
- (usually) hay
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hey (hay) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hawją (hay).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hawją
Gloss
hay
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- haiven Finnish
- *hawją Proto-Germanic
- hö Swedish
- høy Norwegian Nynorsk
- hey Old Norse
- hø Danish
- hewi Old High German
- hoyggj Faroese
- höuwe Middle High German
- Hee Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Heeschnapp Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 Gothic
- *hawi gmw-pro
- *hōi Old Dutch
- höy Westrobothnian
- hā Old Frisian
- hoy Gutnish