Where does “Heck” come from?
Heck (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German heggia, 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.
Heck (Luxembourgish): bush, hedge
Ancestry of “Heck”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | heggia | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | haggju | hedge |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hagjō | hedge |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kagʰyóm | enclosure, hedge |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |