Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hiu dagu

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 *hinō dagō (“on this day”), from *hiz (“this”) + *dagaz (“day”).

Adverb

*hiu dagu

today, on this day

Descendants

Old English: hēodæġ (possibly loaned from the Old Saxon descendant)
Old Frisian: hiūdega, hiōda
- West Frisian: hjoed
Old Saxon: hiudagu hiudu, hūdigu, hōdigo
- Middle Low German: hü̂de, hü̂den, hü̂digen
  - German Low German: hüüt
    - →⇒ Saterland Frisian: hüütich
Old Dutch: hiudo
- Middle Dutch: hude (southeastern)
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: hudig
    - Dutch: huidig
- Middle Dutch: hēden, hēde, hiden (with unclear change in vowel)
  - Dutch: heden
    - Afrikaans: hede
Old High German: hiutu, hiu tagu, hiuto
- Middle High German: hiute
  - Alemannic German: hüt, hütt, hüüd, hit
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: häut, hòite (Sette Comuni)
    Mòcheno: hait
  - Central Franconian: höck, hück, heit, hout
  - German: heute, Heute
  - Hunsrik: heit
  - Luxembourgish: haut (probably; irregular vocalism)