Where does “hexe” come from?
hexe (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon *hagatusia, from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā — witch.
Ancestry of “hexe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | *hagatusia | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *hagatussjā | witch |