Where does “heuysum” come from?
heuysum (Middle English) comes from Middle English hevysum, from Middle English hevy, from Old English hefiġ, from Proto-West Germanic habīg, from Proto-Germanic habīgaz, from Indo-European *kap-.
heuysum (Middle English): alternative typography of hevysum
Definitions
- alternative typography of hevysum
Ancestry of “heuysum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | hevysum | Difficult to bear or accomplish; burdensome;... |
| 2 | Middle English | hevy | Having great weight; heavy; Having great force or... |
| 3 | Old English | hefiġ | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | habīg | heavy |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | habīgaz | heavy, weighty; grave, severe |
| 6 | Indo-European | *kap- | — |