Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haggju

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hagjō, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”).

Noun

*haggju f

1. hedge

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*haggju
Genitive	*haggjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*haggju	*haggjō
Accusative	*haggjā	*haggjā
Genitive	*haggjā	*haggjō
Dative	*haggjē	*haggjōm, *haggjum
Instrumental	*haggju	*haggjōm, *haggjum

Related terms

• *hakkju

Descendants

• Old English: heċġ
  • Middle English: hegge, egge, eygge, heddge, hedge, heg, hege, hegg, heggg
    • English: hedge
    • Scots: hedge
• Old Frisian: *hegg, *heg
  • Saterland Frisian: Hääge
  • West Frisian: hage (possibly from related Middle Low German hāge, hāch)
• Old Saxon: *heggia; *heggi
  • Middle Low German: hegge, hēge, hoge
    • German Low German: Heeg, Hegg
• Old Dutch: hegga
  • Middle Dutch: hegge
    • Dutch: heg
• Old High German: hegga, *hekka
  • Middle High German: hegge, hege, hecke (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *hakkju)
    • German: Hecke
      • → Icelandic: hekk
      • → Swedish: häck
      • → Danish: hæk
    • Luxembourgish: Heck
• → Medieval Latin: haga, haia
  • Old French: hoie, haie; age (dialectal)
    • Middle French: haye
      • French: haie
    • French: age