Where does “Hecke” come from?

Hecke (German) comes from Middle High German hecke, from Old High German hegga, from Proto-West Germanic haggju, from Proto-Germanic hagjō, from Proto-Indo-European kagʰyóm, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Hecke (German): hedge

Definitions

  1. hedge

Ancestry of “Hecke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhecke
2Old High Germanhegga
3Proto-West Germanichaggjuhedge
4Proto-Germanichagjōhedge
5Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰyómenclosure, hedge
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Hecke

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós
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