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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hauhijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *hauhaz (high) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑu̯.xi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hauhijaną[1]

  1. to make high; to raise, exalt

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *hauhijan
    • Old English: hēan
      • Middle English: heien (conflated with ġehēgan)
    • Old Frisian: heia
    • Old Saxon:
      • Middle Low German: hȫgen (backformed to the adjective)
    • Old Dutch: *hōen
      • Middle Dutch: hogen (backformed to the adjective)
    • Old High German: hōhen
      • Middle High German: höhen
        • German: höhen
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hauhjan)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xauxjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 166
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