Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hagu

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 *haguz.

Noun

*hagu f

synonym of *hagō (“enclosure, pasture”)

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hagu
Genitive	*hagō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hagu	hagiwi, hagō
Accusative	*hagu	*hagū
Genitive	*hagō	*hagiwō
Dative	hagiwi, hagō	*hagum
Instrumental	*hagu	*hagum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: hæg; ġehæg
- Middle English: heie, heh, hegh, heygh
  - English: hay
Old English: hege (< *(ga)hagi)
- Middle English: heye (influenced by Old English hæg, ġehæg and Old French haie)
  - English: hay
  - Fingallian: hay
  - Yola: hey, hye
Old Saxon: *hag
- Middle Low German: hach, hāch
Old High German: hag
- Middle High German: hac
  - German: Hag
- ⇒ Old High German: gahagi
  - Middle High German: gehege
    - German: Gehege