heigh
Middle English
adj
Definitions
- high
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hēah (high, deep, right, haughty, proud, high-class, illustrious, sublime, lofty, important, tall, exalted) inherited from *hauh (high) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (high).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hauhaz
Gloss
high
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Yealands English
- *kewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *kowkos Proto-Indo-European
- *haugaz Proto-Germanic
- *hauhaz Proto-Germanic
- heah 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
- heahweg Old English
- heahþrym Old English
- healice Old English
- hēah Old English
- hēahweġ Old English
- hīehsta Old English
- fulle Middle English
- heighe Middle English
- heivol Middle English
- high Middle English
- hár Old Norse
- hoh Old High German
- hōh Old High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 Gothic
- *hauh gmw-pro
- kauge Estonian
- hōh Old Dutch
- *kauka Proto-Finnic
- hoh Old Saxon
- hōh Old Saxon
- hach Old Frisian
- hāch Old Frisian
- hāh Old Frisian
- *kawka fiu-pro
- høg Middle Norwegian