Where does “heggynge” come from?

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

heggynge (Middle English): The construction of a hedge or fortification

Definitions

  1. The construction of a hedge or fortification

Ancestry of “heggynge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishheggeA hedge; a plant grown as a boundary; A bush or...
2Old Englishheċġfence
3Proto-Germanic*haggju—
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