hæð
Icelandic
/haiːð/
noun
Definitions
- hill, hillock
- height
- altitude
- storey, floor (level of a multi-storey house)
- (meteorology) a high, a high-pressure area
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hæð (height) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hauhiþō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aheight English
- height English
- height-fear English
- heighten English
- heightfield English
- heightism English
- heightist English
- heightless English
- heightmap English
- heightwise English
- high English
- isoheight English
- midheight English
- overheight English
- hoog Dutch, Flemish
- hoogte Dutch, Flemish
- hoogtevrees Dutch, Flemish
- hoogtezon Dutch, Flemish
- *hauhiþō Proto-Germanic
- höjd Swedish
- höjdare Swedish
- höjdskräck Swedish
- hēahþu Old English
- heighte Middle English
- hæð Old Norse
- blindhæð Icelandic
- blindur Icelandic
- hōhida Old High German
- hædd Faroese
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 Gothic
- högd Westrobothnian
- høgdh Old Danish
- høg Middle Norwegian