högd
See also: hogd and høgd
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From haug (“tall”). Cognate with Old Norse hæð or derived from it; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō. Compare Swedish höjd, Dutch hoogte, Old High German hohida, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa), English height.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hɞ́ɡ̊d̥] (example of pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -ɞ́ɡd, -ǿɡd
Noun
högd f (definite singular högda)
- Height.[1]
Related terms
- haug
References
- Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, “höjd s. högd”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt [The Hössjö speech: dictionary of a southern Westrobothnian dialect] (in Swedish) →ISBN, page 95