heks
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɦɛks/
noun
Definitions
- witch sorceress
- (figurative) witch term of abuse for a woman
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hexe (witch) derived from Middle High German hecse derived from Old High German hagzissa derived from Proto-Germanic *hagatusjō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hagatusjō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dehex English
- dihex English
- hag English
- hag-taper English
- hagberry English
- hagborn English
- hagfish English
- hagged English
- haggish English
- haglike English
- hagridden English
- hagride English
- hagseed English
- hagship English
- hagsploitation English
- heptahex English
- hex English
- hexahex English
- hexane English
- hexcraft English
- hexer English
- hexology English
- monohex English
- pentahex English
- polyhex English
- tetrahex English
- trihex English
- unhex English
- Hexe German
- Hexenjagd German
- Hexenkessel German
- Hexenkunst German
- Hexenküche German
- Hexenprozess German
- Hexenring German
- Hexensabbat German
- Hexenschuss German
- Hexer German
- Hexerei German
- heksenjacht Dutch, Flemish
- heksenketel Dutch, Flemish
- heksenkring Dutch, Flemish
- heksenmelk Dutch, Flemish
- heksensabbat Dutch, Flemish
- hekserij Dutch, Flemish
- jacht Dutch, Flemish
- ketel Dutch, Flemish
- kring Dutch, Flemish
- melk Dutch, Flemish
- sabbat Dutch, Flemish
- *ḱak- Proto-Indo-European
- *hagatusjō Proto-Germanic
- *hagatusjǭ Proto-Germanic
- heks Polish
- hægtesse Old English
- hagge Middle English
- hagzissa Old High German
- heks Afrikaans
- hecse Middle High German
- *hagatusi gmw-pro
- hexe Pennsylvania German