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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō. Equivalent to *hauh (“high”) + *-iþu (abstract noun suffix).
Noun
*hauhiþu f
- height
- Synonym: *hauhī
Inflection
| ō-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*hauhiþu
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| Genitive
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*hauhiþā
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*hauhiþu
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*hauhiþō
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| Accusative
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*hauhiþā
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*hauhiþā
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| Genitive
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*hauhiþā
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*hauhiþō
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| Dative
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*hauhiþē
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*hauhiþōm, *hauhiþum
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| Instrumental
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*hauhiþu
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*hauhiþōm, *hauhiþum
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Descendants
- Old English: hīehþu, hīehþo, hēhþo, hēahþu
- Middle English: heiȝþe, heighte
- Old Frisian: *hēchte, *hāchte
- Saterland Frisian: Höchte, Hööchte
- West Frisian: hichte
- Old Saxon: *hōhitha
- Middle Low German: hö̂gede, hö̂chte
- Low German: Höögde
- German Low German: Höchte, Höcht
- Plautdietsch: Hecht
- Old Dutch: *hōgitha, *hōgida
- Middle Dutch: hôgede
- Dutch: hoogte
- Limburgish: huuegdje
- Old High German: hōhida
- Middle High German: hœhede, hœhte