hevig
Low German
adjective
Definitions
- massive
- intense
- strong
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Low German hēvich (violent, fierce, intense) inherited from Old Saxon *heƀig inherited from Proto-Germanic *habīgaz (weighty, heavy, hefty).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*habīgaz
Gloss
weighty, heavy, hefty
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
重
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- heave English
- heavily English
- heaviness English
- heavisome English
- heavy English
- heavyhearted English
- heavyish English
- heavyset English
- heavyweight English
- hyperheavy English
- nonheavy English
- overheavy English
- superheavy English
- ultraheavy English
- unheavy English
- heavy German
- heffen Dutch, Flemish
- hevig Dutch, Flemish
- verhevigen Dutch, Flemish
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *habīgaz Proto-Germanic
- hefig Old English
- hefiġ Old English
- hevy Middle English
- hevich Middle Dutch
- *habīg gmw-pro
- hēvich Middle Low German
- *heƀig Old Saxon
- hevi Tok Pisin
- hevipela Tok Pisin
- hebi Sranan Tongo