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.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɑu̯.xi.θɔː/

Noun

*hauhiþō f^[1]

height

Inflection

Declension 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
    - Low German: Höögde
      - German Low German: Höchte, Höcht
- Old Dutch: *hōgitha, *hōgida
  - Middle Dutch: hôgede
    - Dutch: hoogte
      - Afrikaans: hoogte
    - Limburgish: huuegdje
- Old High German: hōhida
  - Middle High German: hœhede, hœhte
    - Luxembourgish: Héicht
Old Norse: hæð
- Icelandic: hæð
- Faroese: hædd
- Norwegian Nynorsk: høgd, høgde (East Nordic influence); hæd, hædd, hø
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: høgd, høgde
- Old Swedish: höghþ
  - Swedish: höjd
- Old Danish: høgdh, høwt
  - Danish: højde
    - Norwegian Bokmål: høyde
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xauxiþō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 166

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xauxiþō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 166

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