höggva
Icelandic
/ˈhœkːva/
verb-strong
Definitions
- to hew, chop
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse hǫggva (hew, chop, strike, cut) derived from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (hew, forge, cut).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hawwaną
Gloss
hew, forge, cut
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *kewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kowH- Proto-Indo-European
- hogge Norwegian Bokmål
- hugge Norwegian Bokmål
- *hawwaną Proto-Germanic
- halshugga Swedish
- hugga Swedish
- späckhuggare Swedish
- hogga Norwegian Nynorsk
- *haccian Old English
- heawan Old English
- hogg Old English
- hēawan Old English
- haggen Middle English
- hagis Middle English
- hǫggva Old Norse
- halshugge Danish
- hugge Danish
- spækhugger Danish
- houwan Old High German
- høgga Faroese
- houwen Middle High German
- anhaen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- haen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- houwan Old Dutch
- hauwan Old Saxon
- hugga Old Swedish
- haagg Westrobothnian
- *hauwan Frankish
- hāwa Old Frisian