hegge
Middle English
/hɛdʒ/
noun
Definitions
- A hedge; a plant grown as a boundary.
- A bush or shrub; a stout or short woody plant.
- (rare) An enclosure; a fenced-off or bounded area.
- (rare) A fortress; a redoubt.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English heċġ inherited from *haggju (hedge) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (enclosure).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kagʰyóm
Gloss
enclosure
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behedge English
- enhedge English
- hain English
- hedge English
- hedgeapple English
- hedgebank English
- hedgeberry English
- hedgebill English
- hedgeborn English
- hedgebote English
- hedgehog English
- hedgehop English
- hedgehopper English
- hedgehyssop English
- hedgeless English
- hedgelike English
- hedgepig English
- hedger English
- hedgerow English
- hedgewitch English
- hedgie English
- hedgy English
- *kagʰyo- Proto-Indo-European
- *kagʰyóm Proto-Indo-European
- *hagjō Proto-Germanic
- hecg Old English
- heċġ Old English
- egge Middle English
- hege Middle English
- heggyng Middle English
- haie Old French
- heĝo Esperanto
- hegga Old High German
- heggia Old High German
- *haggju gmw-pro
- *hegga Old Dutch
- *kagyom Proto-Celtic
- *heggi Old Saxon
- *kaɣjom Proto-Italic