Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauh

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *hauhaz.

Adjective

*hauh[1]

high

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*hauh
Genitive	*hauhas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hauh	*hauhu	*hauh
Accusative	*hauhanā	*hauhā	*hauh
Genitive	*hauhas	*hauheʀā	*hauhas
Dative	*hauhumē	*hauheʀē	*hauhumē
Instrumental	*hauhu	*hauheʀu	*hauhu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hauhē	*hauhō	*hauhu
Accusative	*hauhā	*hauhā	*hauhu
Genitive	*hauheʀō	*hauheʀō	*hauheʀō
Dative	hauhēm, hauhum	hauhēm, hauhum	hauhēm, hauhum
Instrumental	hauhēm, hauhum	hauhēm, hauhum	hauhēm, hauhum

Derived terms

*hauhī

Descendants

Old English: hēah, hēh
- Middle English: heigh
  - English: high
  - Scots: heich
- Scots: he-, hey-
Old Frisian: hāch, hāg
- North Frisian: huuch (Föhr-Amrum)
- Saterland Frisian: hooch
- West Frisian: heech
Old Saxon: hōh
- Middle Low German: hôch, hô
  - German Low German: hooch, hoog
Old Dutch: hō, hōg
- Middle Dutch: hôoch
  - Dutch: hoog
    - Afrikaans: hoog
Old High German: hōh
- Middle High German: hōch, hō
  - Alemannic German: hooch
    Walser: hoch, hòch
    Swabian: hauch
  - Central Franconian: huh, hiech, hieh
  - German: hoch
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: hooch
  - Yiddish: הויך‎ (hoykh)
→ Old French: haut (conflated with Latin altus) (see there for further descendants)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 315: “PWGmc *hauh”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 315: “PWGmc *hauh”