Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hauhiþō

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 *hauhaz (“high”) +‎ *-iþō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑu̯.xi.θɔː/

Noun

*hauhiþō f

1. height

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *hauhiþō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hauhiþō	*hauhiþôz
vocative	*hauhiþō	*hauhiþôz
accusative	*hauhiþǭ	*hauhiþōz
genitive	*hauhiþōz	*hauhiþǫ̂
dative	*hauhiþōi	*hauhiþōmaz
instrumental	*hauhiþō	*hauhiþōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hauhiþu
  • Old English: hīehþu, hīehþo, hēhþo, hēahþu
    • Middle English: heiȝþe, heighte
      • English: heighth, height
      • Scots: hecht, haicht
  • Old Frisian: *hēchte, *hāchte
    • Saterland Frisian: Höchte, Hööchte
    • West Frisian: hichte
  • Old Saxon: *hōhitha
    • Middle Low German: hö̂gede, hö̂chte
      • German Low German: Höchte, Höcht
  • Old Dutch: *hōgitha, *hōgida
    • Middle Dutch: hôgede
      • Dutch: hoogte
      • Limburgish: huuegdje
  • Old High German: hōhida
    • Middle High German: hœhede, hœhte
      • Luxembourgish: Héicht
• Old Norse: hæð
  • Icelandic: hæð
  • Faroese: hædd
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hæd, hædd, høgd (East Nordic influence), hø
  • Old Swedish: höghþ
    • Swedish: höjd
  • Old Danish: høgdh, høwt
    • Danish: højde
      • Norwegian Bokmål: høyde
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa)