heah
Old English
adj
Definitions
- high, tall
- exalted, illustrious, important
- proud, haughty
- deep
- right
- (in compounds) main, principal, arch-
- (in compounds) denotes intensification, completion or perfection
Etymology
Inherited from *hauh (high) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (high).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hauhaz
Gloss
high
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Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *kewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *kowkos Proto-Indo-European
- hår Norwegian Bokmål
- *haugaz Proto-Germanic
- *hauhaz Proto-Germanic
- *hērą Proto-Germanic
- hår Norwegian Nynorsk
- høg Norwegian Nynorsk
- hēah Old English
- hēahweġ Old English
- hádegi Old Norse
- háleikr Old Norse
- hár Old Norse
- hásæti Old Norse
- hátíð Old Norse
- hår Danish
- høj Danish
- hár Icelandic
- hooch Middle Dutch
- hoh Old High German
- hohi Old High German
- hōh Old High German
- hár Faroese
- háur Faroese
- hōch Middle High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌸𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 Gothic
- *hauh gmw-pro
- kauge Estonian
- hōh Old Dutch
- *kauka Proto-Finnic
- hôch Middle Low German
- hoh Old Saxon
- hōh Old Saxon
- hooch Alemannic German
- har Old Swedish
- har, hār Old Swedish
- haug Westrobothnian
- hach Old Frisian
- hāch Old Frisian
- hāh Old Frisian
- hooch Saterland Frisian
- huh Central Franconian
- huch Vilamovian
- hūh Vilamovian
- *kawka fiu-pro
- høg Middle Norwegian