Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hakkju

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *hakkī n

Etymology

Variant of *haggju (“hedge”).

Noun

*hakkju f

1. hatch
2. fence

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hakkju
Genitive	*hakkjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hakkju	*hakkjō
Accusative	*hakkjā	*hakkjā
Genitive	*hakkjā	*hakkjō
Dative	*hakkjē	*hakkjōm, *hakkjum
Instrumental	*hakkju	*hakkjōm, *hakkjum

Descendants

• Old English: hæċ f or m
  • Middle English: hacche, hach, hachche, hache, hak, hatche, hecche, heck, hek, hekke, hetche
    • English: hatch, heck
    • Scots: hatch, heck, haik
• Old Frisian: *hek, *hekk n
  • Saterland Frisian: Häk
  • West Frisian: hek
• Old Saxon: *hekkia; *hekki n
  • Middle Low German: hecke, heck f or n
    • German Low German: Heck
    • → German: Heck
• Old Dutch: *hekka
  • Middle Dutch: hecke
    • Dutch: hek
• Old High German: *hehha, *hekka; *hehhi, *hekki n
  • Middle High German: hecke f or n (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *haggju)
    • German: Hecke f