Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haggju

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hagjō, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”).

Noun

*haggju f

hedge

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*haggju
Genitive	*haggjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*haggju	*haggjō
Accusative	*haggjā	*haggjā
Genitive	*haggjā	*haggjō
Dative	*haggjē	haggjōm, haggjum
Instrumental	*haggju	haggjōm, haggjum

Related terms

*hakkju

Descendants

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