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

Definitions

  1. bush, hedge

Ancestry of “Heck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanheggia—
2Proto-West Germanichaggjuhedge
3Proto-Germanichagjōhedge
4Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰyómenclosure, hedge
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kagʰyóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic hagjō →
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