Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauhiþu

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 *hauhiþō. Equivalent to *hauh (“high”) +‎ *-iþu (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*hauhiþu f

1. height

   Synonym: *hauhī

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hauhiþu
Genitive	*hauhiþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hauhiþu	*hauhiþō
Accusative	*hauhiþā	*hauhiþā
Genitive	*hauhiþā	*hauhiþō
Dative	*hauhiþē	*hauhiþōm, *hauhiþum
Instrumental	*hauhiþu	*hauhiþōm, *hauhiþum

Descendants

• Old English: hīehþu, hīehþo, hēhþo, hēahþu
  • Middle English: heiȝþe, heighte
    • English: heighth, height
    • Scots: hecht, haicht
• Old Frisian: *hēchte, *hāchte
  • Saterland Frisian: Höchte, Hööchte
  • West Frisian: hichte
• Old Saxon: *hōhitha
  • Middle Low German: hö̂gede, hö̂chte
    • German Low German: Höchte, Höcht
• Old Dutch: *hōgitha, *hōgida
  • Middle Dutch: hôgede
    • Dutch: hoogte
    • Limburgish: huuegdje
• Old High German: hōhida
  • Middle High German: hœhede, hœhte
    • Luxembourgish: Héicht