hugga
Swedish
verb-irr
Definitions
- to slash, to cut, to hew
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish hugga inherited from Old Norse hǫggva (hew, chop, strike, cut) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (hew, forge, cut) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kowH-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kowH-
Gloss
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
- hals Swedish
- halshugga Swedish
- späck 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
- höggva Icelandic
- houwan Old High German
- høgga Faroese
- houwan Old Dutch
- hauwan Old Saxon
- hugga Old Swedish
- haagg Westrobothnian
- *hauwan Frankish
- hāwa Old Frisian