Where does “heck” come from?

heck (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon heggi, 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 (Middle Low German): wooden fencing

Definitions

  1. wooden fencing

Ancestry of “heck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonheggi—
2Proto-West Germanichaggjuhedge
3Proto-Germanichagjōhedge
4Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰyómenclosure, hedge
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “heck”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kagʰyóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic hagjō →