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Where does “heggi” come from?

heggi (Old Saxon) comes 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.

Ancestry of “heggi”, step by step

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

Words derived from “heggi”

  • Heck
  • Heckklappe
  • Heckscheibe
  • Stufenheck
  • Heckantrieb
  • Steilheck
  • Heck
  • heck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →