Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hiu dagu

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 *hinō dagō (“on this day”), from *hiz (“this”) + *dagaz (“day”).

Adverb

*hiu dagu

1. today, on this day

Descendants

• Old English: hēodæġ (possibly loaned from the Old Saxon descendant)
• Old Frisian: hiūdega, hiōda
  • West Frisian: hjoed
• Old Saxon: hiudagu hiudu, hūdigu, hōdigo
  • Middle Low German: hü̂de, hü̂den, hü̂digen
    • German Low German: hüüt
      • →⇒ Saterland Frisian: hüütich
• Old Dutch: hiudo
  • Middle Dutch: hude (southeastern)
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: hudig
      • Dutch: huidig
  • Middle Dutch: hēden, hēde, hiden (with unclear change in vowel)
    • Dutch: heden
      • Afrikaans: hede
• Old High German: hiutu, hiu tagu, hiuto
  • Middle High German: hiute
    • Alemannic German: hüt, hütt, hüüd, hit
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: häut, hòite (Sette Comuni)

      Mòcheno: hait

    • Central Franconian: höck, hück, heit, hout
    • German: heute, Heute
    • Hunsrik: heit
    • Luxembourgish: haut (probably; irregular vocalism)