hay
English
/heɪ/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
- (countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
- (slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
- A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hey inherited from Old English hīeġ inherited from *hawi inherited from Proto-Germanic *hawją (hay).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hawją
Gloss
hay
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Haymarket English
- Oxhey English
- bale English
- band English
- barn English
- bird English
- box English
- cap English
- cart English
- cock English
- devil English
- fever English
- field English
- fork English
- hay devil English
- hay-cock English
- haybale English
- hayband English
- haybarn English
- haybird English
- haybox English
- haycap English
- haycart English
- hayer English
- hayey English
- hayfever English
- hayfield English
- hayfork English
- hayhead English
- hayland English
- hayless English
- haylift English
- haylike English
- hayloft English
- haymaker English
- haymaking English
- haymonger English
- haymow English
- hayrack English
- hayrake English
- hayrick English
- hayricker English
- hayride English
- hayseed English
- hayshed English
- haystack English
- haystalk English
- hayward English
- haywire English
- head English
- hey English
- hoy English
- land English
- lift English
- loft English
- maker English
- making English
- market English
- monger English
- mow English
- ox English
- rack English
- rake English
- rick English
- ride English
- seed English
- shed English
- stack English
- stalk English
- ward English
- ward#Verb English
- wire English
- haiven Finnish
- partahaiven Finnish
- Heu German
- Heugabel German
- Heumonat German
- Heupferd German
- Heuschnupfen German
- Heuschrecke German
- Heuwagen German
- heuen German
- hooi Dutch, Flemish
- hooiberg Dutch, Flemish
- hooibroei Dutch, Flemish
- hooikist Dutch, Flemish
- hooikoorts Dutch, Flemish
- hooiland Dutch, Flemish
- hooimijt Dutch, Flemish
- hooivork Dutch, Flemish
- hooiwagen Dutch, Flemish
- *hawją Proto-Germanic
- høy Norwegian Nynorsk
- høysnue Norwegian Nynorsk
- høystakk Norwegian Nynorsk
- *hē Old English
- hieg Old English
- hig Old English
- hīeġ Old English
- hīġ Old English
- Oxehey Middle English
- haystak Middle English
- heicok Middle English
- hey Middle English
- hey Old Norse
- hôoi Middle Dutch
- hewi Old High German
- höuwe Middle High German
- Hee Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Heeschnapp Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 Gothic
- *hawi gmw-pro
- *hōi Old Dutch
- Heuw Alemannic German
- Heuwstöffel Alemannic German
- hea Western Frisian
- heamoanne Western Frisian
- hā Old Frisian
- hei Mòcheno
- Hoi Pennsylvania German
- Hoigawwel Pennsylvania German
- ox
- cap
- hoy
- box
- mow
- hey
- band
- cart
- rack
- lift
- loft
- seed
- cock
- barn
- rake
- bird
- wire
- ride
- fork
- head
- bale
- ward
- land
- shed
- rick
- field
- hayey
- maker
- Oxhey
- stalk
- stack
- hayer
- fever
- devil
- making
- haycap
- haymow
- monger
- haybox
- market
- haybird
- hayrake
- hayride
- hayless
- hayloft
- haybale
- hayland
- hayfork
- hayhead
- haycart
- hayrack
- haybarn
- haylike
- haywire
- hayseed
- hayband
- hayshed
- hayward
- haylift
- hayrick
- haystack
- hayfever
- hayfield
- hay-cock
- haymaker
- haystalk
- haymaking
- hay devil
- Haymarket
- hayricker
- ward#Verb
- haymonger