højde
Danish
/hɔjˀdə/
noun
Definitions
- height
- (geometry) altitude line segment associated with a triangle
- (geometry) altitude the length of this line segment
Etymology
Affix from Danish høj (high, hill, loud, mound) inherited from Old Danish høgdh inherited from Old Norse hæð (height) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hauhiþō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aheight English
- height English
- height-fear English
- heighten English
- heightfield English
- heightism English
- heightist English
- heightless English
- heightmap English
- heightwise English
- high English
- isoheight English
- midheight English
- overheight English
- hoogte Dutch, Flemish
- *hauhiþō Proto-Germanic
- höjd Swedish
- höjdare Swedish
- höjdskräck Swedish
- hēahþu Old English
- heighte Middle English
- hár Old Norse
- hæð Old Norse
- Malmø Danish
- folkehøjskole Danish
- gravhøj Danish
- høj Danish
- højdeskræk Danish
- højdespring Danish
- højdespringer Danish
- højforræderi Danish
- højgravid Danish
- højhus Danish
- højne Danish
- højsind Danish
- højskole Danish
- højtaler Danish
- højttaler Danish
- højtysk Danish
- mand Danish
- mandshøj Danish
- mandshøjde Danish
- professionshøjskole Danish
- skræk Danish
- spring Danish
- springer Danish
- hæð Icelandic
- hōhida Old High German
- hædd Faroese
- høgur Faroese
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 Gothic
- högd Westrobothnian
- høgdh Old Danish
- høgh Old Danish
- høg Middle Norwegian