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

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

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
      - Afrikaans: 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 m