Heck
Luxemburgeois
/hæk/
noun
Definitions
- bush, hedge
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German heggia inherited from *haggju (hedge).
Origin
*haggju
Gloss
hedge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behedge English
- enhedge English
- hain English
- hedge English
- hedgeapple English
- hedgebank English
- hedgeberry English
- hedgebill English
- hedgeborn English
- hedgebote English
- hedgehog English
- hedgehop English
- hedgehopper English
- hedgehyssop English
- hedgeless English
- hedgelike English
- hedgepig English
- hedger English
- hedgerow English
- hedgewitch English
- hedgie English
- hedgy English
- Hecke German
- Heckenkirsche German
- Heckenschütze German
- heg Dutch, Flemish
- heggenmus Dutch, Flemish
- *kagʰyo- Proto-Indo-European
- *kagʰyóm Proto-Indo-European
- hekk Norwegian Bokmål
- *hagjō Proto-Germanic
- hekk Norwegian Nynorsk
- hecg Old English
- heċġ Old English
- hegge Middle English
- hæk Danish
- haie Old French
- heĝo Esperanto
- hegge Middle Dutch
- hegga Old High German
- heggia Old High German
- hecke Middle High German
- *haggju gmw-pro
- *hegga Old Dutch
- *heggi Old Saxon
- hek Low German