heahweg
Old English
noun
Definitions
- main road, road between towns
Etymology
Affix from Old English hēah (high, deep, right, haughty, proud, high-class, illustrious, sublime, lofty, important, tall, exalted) + Old English weġ (way, path, road).
Origin
Old English
weġ
Gloss
way, path, road
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
道, 路
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Yealands English
- *hauhaz Proto-Germanic
- *wegaz Proto-Germanic
- beamweg Old English
- ciricweg Old English
- feorweg Old English
- gangweg Old English
- heahencgel Old English
- heahengel Old English
- heahflod Old English
- heahfæder Old English
- heahgast Old English
- heahheall Old English
- heahlareow Old English
- heahstede Old English
- heahþrym Old English
- healfweg Old English
- healice Old English
- hereweg Old English
- hwælweg Old English
- hēah Old English
- hīehsta Old English
- onweg Old English
- wegleas Old English
- weġ Old English
- heigh Middle English
- heighe Middle English
- high Middle English
- way Middle English
- *hauh gmw-pro