heich
Scots
/hix/
adj
Definitions
- high
- haughty
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English high inherited from Old English hēah (high, deep, right, haughty, proud, high-class, illustrious, sublime, lofty, important, tall, exalted) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (high) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (bend, vault, arch, curve, elevation, hill).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kewk-
Gloss
bend, vault, arch, curve, elevation, hill
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
丘, 岡, 阜
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Highveld English
- Yealands English
- ahigh English
- height English
- heighth English
- high English
- high blood pressure English
- high king English
- high sea English
- high-functioning English
- high-hearted English
- high-key English
- high-level English
- high-rise English
- high-risk English
- high-test English
- highback English
- highbacked English
- highball English
- highbie English
- highbishop English
- highborn English
- highbred English
- highbrow English
- highbush English
- highchair English
- highcut English
- highday English
- highen English
- highfather English
- highflying English
- highgate English
- highhearted English
- highish English
- highland English
- highleg English
- highlife English
- highlining English
- highlow English
- highly English
- highman English
- highmost English
- highness English
- highpad English
- highpass English
- highspot English
- highstand English
- hightail English
- hightail it English
- highth English
- hightide English
- highwall English
- highwater English
- highway English
- highwire English
- highwrought English
- knee-high English
- nonhigh English
- on high English
- semihigh English
- sky-high English
- superhigh English
- ultra-high English
- ultrahigh English
- altus Latin
- Hügel German
- *kewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *kowkos Proto-Indo-European
- *kowkós Proto-Indo-European
- *haugaz Proto-Germanic
- *hauhaz Proto-Germanic
- ハイカラ Japanese
- 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
- -nesse Middle English
- heigh Middle English
- heighe Middle English
- high Middle English
- hádegi Old Norse
- hár Old Norse
- hásæti Old Norse
- hátíð Old Norse
- hávaðamaðr Old Norse
- hávaðamikill Old Norse
- hávaðasamr Old Norse
- *kučьma Proto-Slavic
- hōh Old High German
- higsipnayan Tagalog
- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 Gothic
- *hauh gmw-pro
- kauge Estonian
- hōh Old Dutch
- *kauka Proto-Finnic
- hōh Old Saxon
- hāch Old Frisian
- hāh Old Frisian
- *kuok- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- hei Sranan Tongo
- *kawka fiu-pro
- høg Middle Norwegian