hiutu

Old High German

Etymology

Contraction of *hiu tagu, a relict instrumental case form meaning “on this day”. Compare for the contraction Old Saxon hiudigu and younger hiudu.

Adverb

hiutu

1. today

Descendants

• Middle High German: hiute
  • Alemannic German: hüt, hüüd, hit
  • Central Franconian: höck, hück, heit, hout
  • German: heute, Heute
  • Luxembourgish: haut (probably; irregular vocalism)