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Where does “hedgeless” come from?

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

hedgeless (English): Without hedges

Definitions

  1. Without hedges

Ancestry of “hedgeless”, step by step

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