Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hakkju

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 edit

Alternative forms edit

*hakkī n

Etymology edit

Variant of *haggju (“hedge”)

Noun edit

*hakkju f

hatch
fence

Inflection edit

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hakkju
Genitive	*hakkjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hakkju	*hakkjō
Accusative	*hakkjā	*hakkjā
Genitive	*hakkjā	*hakkjō
Dative	*hakkjē	hakkjōm, hakkjum
Instrumental	*hakkju	hakkjōm, hakkjum

Descendants edit

Old English: hæċ f or m
- Middle English: hacche, hach, hachche, hache, hak, hatche, hecche, heck, hek, hekke, hetche
  - English: hatch, heck
  - Scots: hatch, heck, haik
Old Frisian: *hek, *hekk n
- Saterland Frisian: Häk
- West Frisian: hek
Old Saxon: *hekkia; *hekki n
- Middle Low German: hecke, heck f or n
  - German Low German: Heck
  - → German: Heck
Old Dutch: *hekka
- Middle Dutch: hecke
  - Dutch: hek
Old High German: *hehha, *hekka; *hehhi, *hekki n
- Middle High German: hecke f or n (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *haggju)
  - German: Hecke f