Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauhī

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 *hauhį̄. Equivalent to *hauh (“high”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*hauhī f[1]

height
Synonym: *hauhiþu

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hauhī
Genitive	*hauhīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hauhī	—
Accusative	*hauhīn	—
Genitive	*hauhīn	—
Dative	*hauhīn	—
Instrumental	*hauhīn	—

Descendants

Old Saxon: hōhi
- Middle Low German: höge, höe
Old High German: hōhī
- Middle High German: hœhe, hōhe, hō
  - Alemannic German: Hechi, Höchi, Hööchi
    Swabian: Hea, Hee
  - Bavarian:
    Austrian: He
  - German: Höhe, Höh
  - Yiddish: הייך (heykh)

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*hauhī”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*hauhī”