Words that come from Proto-Germanic hauhaz

400 words across 51 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hauhaz — including his, high, higher, highly, highest, height, highway, highlight.

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English (182)

German (47)

Dutch (32)

Finnish (14)

Icelandic (13)

Swedish (8)

Japanese (8)

French (7)

Luxembourgish (7)

Gothic (7)

Norwegian Bokmål (7)

Danish (6)

Vietnamese (4)

Italian (3)

Old Frisian (3)

Afrikaans (3)

Yiddish (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Irish (2)

Russian (2)

Czech (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Hungarian (2)

Faroese (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old French (2)

Spanish (2)

Old English (2)

Frankish (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Old High German (1)

Armenian (1)

Manx (1)

Korean (1)

Hunsrik (1)

North Frisian (1)

Translingual (1)

Chinese (1)

German Low German (1)

Middle French (1)

Estonian (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old Norse (1)

Middle English (1)

Yola (1)

Portuguese (1)

Romanian (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)