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Where does “hefeġ” come from?
hefeġ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic habīgaz, from Indo-European *kap-.
Ancestry of “hefeġ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
habīgaz
heavy, weighty; grave, severe
2
Indo-European
*kap-
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Words derived from “hefeġ”
heviȝ
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