Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haug

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haugaz.

Noun

*haug m

hill

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*haug
Genitive	*haugas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*haug	haugō, haugōs
Accusative	*haug	*haugā
Genitive	*haugas	*haugō
Dative	*haugē	*haugum
Instrumental	*haugu	*haugum

Descendants

Old Saxon: *hōg
- ⇒ Middle Low German: hȫchil
Old High German: houg (in compounds: steinenhoug, marchoug, etc.)
- Middle High German: houc
- ⇒ Middle High German: hogil
  - ⇒ German: Hügel
→ Old French: hoge (also possibly via Old Norse haugr); ahoge, ahuge
- → Middle English: huge
  - Scots: huge, hudge
  - English: huge

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