Where does “Hayward” come from?
Hayward comes from English ward and English gay, which trace through Old English hē, Proto-Germanic ahwō, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʰeh₂ and ǵʰengʰ-.
Hayward (English): A kiwifruit variety
Ancestry of “Hayward”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hay | Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder; Any... |
| 2 | Middle English | hay | Alternative form of haye; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | hē | hey |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hiʀ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hīz | nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these... |