Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hagjō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”), whence also Latin cohum, Welsh cae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑɣ.jɔː/

Noun

*hagjō f

1. hedge

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *hagjō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hagjō	*hagjôz
vocative	*hagjō	*hagjôz
accusative	*hagjǭ	*hagjōz
genitive	*hagjōz	*hagjǫ̂
dative	*hagjōi	*hagjōmaz
instrumental	*hagjō	*hagjōmiz

Related terms

• *hagaz
• *hagô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *haggju
  • 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