Where does “heydeguy” come from?

heydeguy (English) comes from English hay, from Middle English hay, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

heydeguy (English): A kind of hay popular during the English...

Definitions

  1. A kind of hay popular during the English...

Ancestry of “heydeguy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhayGrass cut and dried for use as animal fodder; Any...
2Middle EnglishhayAlternative form of haye; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishhēhey
4Proto-West Germanic*hiʀ—
5Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...
Every word from Proto-Germanic hīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ →Every word from Old English hē →