Where does “hedgeful” come from?

hedgeful (English) comes from English hedge, from Middle English hegge, from Old English heċġ, from Proto-Germanic *haggju.

hedgeful (English): An amount held in a hedge

Definitions

  1. An amount held in a hedge

Ancestry of “hedgeful”, step by step

hedgeful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hedge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhedgeA thicket of bushes or other shrubbery,...
2Middle EnglishheggeA hedge; a plant grown as a boundary; A bush or...
3Old Englishheċġfence
4Proto-Germanic*haggju—

via English ful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishful—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *haggju →Every word from Old English heċġ →Every word from Middle English hegge →