Where does “hedge” come from?

Hedge comes from Middle English hegge, formed with the Middle English suffix -en from Old English -en, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots ḱak- and en, with possible connections to Proto-Indo-European kagʰyo-.

hedge (English): A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery,...

Definitions

  1. A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery,...

Ancestry of “hedge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishheggeA hedge; a plant grown as a boundary; A bush or...
2Old Englishheċġfence
3Proto-Germanic*haggju

Words derived from “hedge

Every word from Proto-Germanic *haggju