Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haug

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 *haugaz.

Noun

*haug m

1. hill

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*haug
Genitive	*haugas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*haug	*haugō, *haugōs
Accusative	*haug	*haugā
Genitive	*haugas	*haugō
Dative	*haugē	*haugum
Instrumental	*haugu	*haugum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *hōg
  • Middle Low German: hôch, hö̂
    • German Low German: Hooch, Hööch
  • ⇒ Middle Low German: hö̂chil
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: hö̂chillîn, hö̂chilîn
• Old High German: houg (in compounds: steinenhoug, marchoug, etc.)
  • Middle High German: houc
  • ⇒ Middle High German: hogil
    • ⇒ German: Hügel
• → Old French: hoge (also possibly via Old Norse haugr)
  • ⇒ Old French: ahoge, ahuge
    • → Middle English: huge
      • Scots: huge, hudge
      • English: huge