Where does “iheji” come from?

iheji (Xhosa) comes from English hedge, from Middle English hegge, from Old English heċġ, from Proto-Germanic *haggju.

iheji (Xhosa): hedge

Definitions

  1. hedge

Ancestry of “iheji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhedgeA thicket of bushes or other shrubbery,...
2Middle EnglishheggeA hedge; a plant grown as a boundary; A bush or...
3Old Englishheċġfence
4Proto-Germanic*haggju—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *haggju →